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Callen, Herbert Bernard was born on July 1, 1919 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Abraham and Mildred (Goldfarb) Callen.
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Callen, Herbert Bernard was born on July 1, 1919 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Abraham and Mildred (Goldfarb) Callen.
A native of Philadelphia, Herbert Callen received his Bachelor of Science degree from Temple University. He married in 1945, as the war and his work for the Manhattan Project were coming to an end, and subsequently studied for a Doctor of Philosophy.
During World World War II he was also called upon to undertake theoretical studies of the principles underpinning the effort to create the atom bomb. in physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), receiving his degree in 1947. His graduate advisor was the eminent physicist László Tisza. He was also the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship for the academic year 1972/1973, and his distinguished career in physics was capped by induction into the National Academy of Sciences in 1990.
Specialists consider that his most lasting contribution to physics remains the proof of the fluctuation-dissipation theorem, an extremely general result describing how a system"s response to perturbations relates to its behavior at equilibrium.
As well as his classic text on Thermodynamics, which was published in two editions, translated into many languages, and continues to be used at the graduate and undergraduate level in Thermodynamics courses around the world. After battling Alzheimer"s disease for eleven years, Herbert Callen died in the Philadelphia suburb of Merion at the age of 73.
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President American Professors for Peace in Middle East, 1976. Board directors Jewish Community Relations Council Philadelphia, 1970-1982. Fellow American Physical Society (council, officer division solid state physics 1966-1969).
Member National Academy of Sciences.
Married Sara Smith, January 21, 1945. Children: Jill Bressler, Jed.