Lawrence C. Biedenharn

Background

Biedenharn, Lawrence C. was born on November 18, 1922 in Vicksburg, Mississippi, United States. Son of Lawrence Christian and Willetta (Lyons) Biedenharn.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1944; Doctor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1949.

Career

Research associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1949-1950; physicist, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1950-1952; assistant professor, Yale University, 1952-1954; associate professor, Rice U., 1954-1961; professor physics, Duke U., 1961-1992; James B. Duke professor physics, Duke U., 1989-1992; professor emeritus, Duke U., from 1993; adjunct professor physics, University Texas, Austin, 1992-1997. Consultant Los Alamos Science Laboratory.

Achievements

• Lawrence C. Biedenharn has been listed as a noteworthy Physicist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Angular Momentum in Quantum Physics: Theory and Application (Encyclopedia of Mathematics and its Applications)

    (This 1985 text develops the theory of angular momentum fr...)

  • The Racah-Wigner Algebra in Quantum Theory (Encyclopedia of Mathematics and its Applications)

    (First published by Cambridge University Press in 1985, th...)

  • Coulomb Excitation (Oxford Library of Physical Sciences)
  • Angular Momentum in Quantum Physics: Theory and Application (Encyclopedia of Mathematics and its Applications) by L. C. Biedenharn (2009-03-12)
  • The Racah-Wigner Algebra in Quantum Theory THE RACAH-WIGNER ALGEBRA IN QUANTUM THEORY By Biedenharn, L. C. ( Author )Jul-16-2009 Paperback

Membership

Served with Signal Corps Army of the United States, 1943-1946. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physical Society (Jesse Beams award 1979), Institute Physics, Physical Society Great Britain. Member American Association of University Professors, European Physical Society, American Mathematics Society, Sigma Xi, Kappa Sigma. M C.

Connections

Married Sarah Jeffress Willingham, March 25, 1950. Children: John David, Sally Willetta.

Father:

Lawrence Christian Biedenharn

Mother:

Willetta (Lyons) Biedenharn

Spouse:

Sarah Jeffress Willingham

child:

John David Biedenharn

child:

Sally Willetta Biedenharn