Background
KITTEL, Charles was born on July 18, 1916 in New York, United States. Son of George Paul Kittel and Helen Lemler Kittel married Muriel Agnes Lister 1938.
engineer physicist university professor
KITTEL, Charles was born on July 18, 1916 in New York, United States. Son of George Paul Kittel and Helen Lemler Kittel married Muriel Agnes Lister 1938.
Bachelor, Cambridge (England) University, 1938; Master of Arts, Cambridge (England) University, 1993; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin, 1941.
He was a Professor at University of California, Berkeley, from 1951 and has been Professor Emeritus since 1978. He published his thesis, under Gregory Breit, in 1941 at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and joined the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) between 1945 and 1947. During World World War II, he joined the Submarine Operations Research Group (SORG).
From 1947 to 1951, he worked for Bell Laboratories, New Jersey, United States of America, especially on ferromagnetism.
From 1951 to 1978, he worked at the University of California, Berkeley, where he taught and did research in the field of theoretical solid-state physics, a part of condensed-matter physics. He was awarded three times with Guggenheim Fellowships: in 1945, 1956 and 1963.
Many well known postdoctoral fellows worked with him, including James C. Phillips and Pierre-Gilles de Gennes. Physics students worldwide study his classic text Introduction to Solid State Physics, now in its 8th edition
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Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Physical Society (Oliver Buckley Solid State Physics prize 1957, council 1958-1962). Member National Academy of Sciences, American Association Physics Teachers (Oersted medal 1978), American Institute Physics (board governors 1954-1958).
Married Muriel Agnes Lister, June 23, 1938. Children: Ruth, Peter, Timothy.