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Seitz, Frederick was born on July 4, 1911 in San Francisco, California, United States. Son of Frederick and Emily Charlotte (Hofman) Seitz.
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In these essays, Professor Seitz, President Emeritus of Rockefeller University, and one of the developers of modern semiconductor physics, investigates the role of science in modern society, its origins, and its development.
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Market: General physics community, especially those in condensed matter and crystallography, as well as historians of science. This revealing autobiography by a prominent physicist and distinguished member of the physics community spans the past 60 years. From the people he knew to the events he witnessed, Frederick Seitz's engrossing book covers key developments in physics since the 1930s and includes many anecdotes and never before published photographs.
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Widely considered a classic, the book includes coverage of such topics as the classical theory of ionic crystals, the specific heats of simple solids, the free-electron theory of metals and semiconductors, quantum mechanical foundation, approximate treatment of the many-body problem, molecular binding, the band approximation, appoximational methods, cohesive energy, the work function and the surface barrier, excited electron states of solids, electronic structure of the five solid types, dynamics of nuclear motion and the theory of conductivity.
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Electronic Genie takes its readers on a two-century journey that begins with Antoine Lavoisiter's prediction of the existence of silicon as an element. It traces the emergence of silicon as key to the development of most forms of today's electronics and its role in making possible the revolutionary digital computer. Loaded with information about such original thinkers as Lavoisier, John Bardeen, Bill Gates, Patrick Haggerty, Gordon Moore, and many more, the volume traces the use of silicon in metallurgy, as a diode rectifier in wireless and radio, and ultimately as a nonlinear element for heterodyne mixing in radar during World War II. Electronic Genie will appeal to students of science and technology as well as to anyone interested in the history of these fields.
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Seitz, Frederick was born on July 4, 1911 in San Francisco, California, United States. Son of Frederick and Emily Charlotte (Hofman) Seitz.
AB, Leland Stanford Junior University, 1932. Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University, 1934. Doctorate Honorary Causa, University Ghent, 1957.
Doctor of Science (honorary), University Reading, 1960. Doctor of Science (honorary), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1961. Doctor of Science (honorary), Marquette University, 1963.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Carnegie Institute of Technology, 1963. Doctor of Science (honorary), Case Institute of Technology, 1964. Doctor of Science (honorary), Princeton University, 1964.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Northwestern University, 1965. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Delaware, 1966. Doctor of Science (honorary), Polytechnic Institute Brooklyn, 1967.
Doctor of Science (honorary), University Michigan, 1967. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Utah, 1968. Doctor of Science (honorary), Brown University, 1968.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Duquesne University, 1968. Doctor of Science (honorary), St. Louis University, 1969. Doctor of Science (honorary), Nebraska Wesleyan University, 1970.
Doctor of Science (honorary), University Illinois, 1972. Doctor of Science (honorary), Rockefeller University, 1981. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Lehigh University, 1966.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Notre Dame, 1962. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Michigan State University, 1965. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Illinois Institute of Technology, 1968.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), New York University, 1969. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Davis and Elkins College, 1970. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Rockefeller University, 1981.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), University Pennsylvania, 1985. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), University Miami, 1989.
Instructor physics, U. Rochester, 1935-1936;
assistant professor, U. Rochester, 1936-1937;
physicist research laboratories, General Electric Company, 1937-1939;
assistant professor, Randal Morgan Laboratory Physics, University of Pennsylvania, 1939-1941;
associate professor, Randal Morgan Laboratory Physics, University of Pennsylvania, 1941-1942;
professor physics, head department, Carnegie Institute Technology, Pittsburgh, 1942-1949;
professor physics, University of Illinois, 1949-1957;
head Department, University Illinois, 1957-1964;
director control systems laboratory, University of Illinois, 1951-1952;
dean Graduate College, vice president research, University of Illinois, 1964-1965;
executive president, National Academy Sciences, 1962-1969;
president, Rockefeller U., New York City, 1968-1978;
president, U. Miami (Florida), 1989;
president, Richard Lounsbery Foundation, New York City, since 1995. Trustee Ogden Corporation, since 1977. Director training program Clinton laboratories, Oak Ridge, 1946-1947.
Chairman Naval Research Advisory Committee, 1960-1962. Vice chairman Defense Science Board, 1961-1962, chairman, 1964-1968. Science adviser North Atlantic Treaty Organization, 1959-1960.
Member national.adv. committee Marine biomedical Institute University Texas, Galveston, 1975-1977. Member of advisory group White House Conference Anticipated Advances in Science and Technology, 1975-1976. Member of advisory board Desert Research Institute, 1975-1979, Center Strategic and International Studies, 1975-1981.
Member National Cancer Advisory Board, 1976-1982. Director Akzona Inc.
(Widely considered a classic, the book includes coverage o...)
(In these essays, Professor Seitz, President Emeritus of R...)
(Electronic Genie takes its readers on a two-century journ...)
(Market: General physics community, especially those in co...)
Trustee Rockefeller Foundation, 1964-1977, Princeton University, 1968-1972, Lehigh University, 1970-1981, Research Corporation, 1966-1982, Institute International Education, 1971-1978, Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, 1972-1982, University Corporation Atmospheric Research, American Museum Natural History, since 1975. Trustee John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1973-1983, Chairman of the Board, 1976-1983. Member Belgian American Education Foundation.
Board directors Richard Lounsberry Foundation, since 1980. Fellow American Physical Society (president 1961). Member NAS, American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Institute of Mining, Metallurgy, and Petroleum Engineers, American Philosophical Society, American Institute Physics (chairman govorning board 1954-1959), Institute for Defense Analysis, Finnish Academy Science and Letters (foreign member), Phi Beta Kappa Associates.
Married Elizabeth K. Marshall, May 18, 1935 (deceased 1992). 1 child: Joachim.