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- Alan Herries Wilson, meist A. H. Wilson zitiert, (* 2. Juli 1906 in Wallasey, Cheshire; † 30. September 1995) war ein britischer theoretischer Festkörperphysiker und Manager. Wilson studierte an der Universität Cambridge Mathematik mit dem Bachelor-Abschluss 1926 und befasste sich dort unter Ralph Howard Fowler mit Quantenmechanik. Anschließend war er bei Werner Heisenberg in Leipzig, wo er sich mit der Quantenmechanik von Elektronen in Festkörpern befasste. Seine Pionierarbeiten zum Bändermodell, in denen er das unterschiedliche Verhalten von Metallen, Halbleitern und Isolatoren erklärte, erschienen ab 1931. 1932 erhielt er den Adams-Preis. Er veröffentlichte zwei Bücher über theoretische Festkörperphysik in den 1930er Jahren (The theory of metals entstand aus dem Adams Prize Essay), wandte sich dann aber der Kernphysik und kosmischer Strahlung zu. Im Zweiten Weltkrieg arbeitete er an Funk-Kommunikation für die SOE und im britischen Atombombenprojekt (Tube Alloy Project). Nach dem Krieg ging er in die Industrie zur Textil- und Chemiefirma Courtaulds, wo er die Forschung über synthetische Fasern leitete. 1963 bis zum Ruhestand 1973 war er Vorstand der Pharmafirma Glaxo. 1942 wurde er Fellow der Royal Society. 1961 wurde er geadelt. (de)
- Sir Alan Herries Wilson (2 July 1906 – 30 September 1995), was a British mathematician and industrialist. He was educated at Wallasey Grammar School and at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, obtaining a BA degree in mathematics in 1926. His graduate work was under the supervision of R. H. Fowler working on problems in quantum mechanics. There is now an Alan Wilson Research Fellowship at Emmanuel College. He studied with Werner Heisenberg on the application of quantum mechanics to electrical conduction in metals and semiconductors. During the period 1931–1932 Wilson formulated a theory explaining how energy bands of electrons can make a material a conductor, a semiconductor, or an insulator. In 1932 he was awarded the Adams Prize; the essay he wrote for this prize became the basis for his book The Theory of Metals published in 1936. His book Semi-conductors and Metals was published in 1939. Wilson supervised four graduate students in the study of solid-state physics during the 1930s, but Wilson perceived that interest in the field was small at Cambridge and so switched to the study of nuclear physics and cosmic rays. Wilson was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1942 for his work in advancing the theory of conduction in metals and semiconductors. During the Second World War he worked on radio communications problems for the SOE, and was later attached to the British Tube Alloys project to develop the atomic bomb. After the Second World War he left academic research and became an industrialist, joining British textile company Courtaulds to supervise their research and development of artificial fibres. He continued his interest in mathematical physics and prepared the second edition of The Theory of Metals in 1953. He published Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics in 1957. Wilson served as the second President of the combined Institute of Physics and the Physical Society from 1962 to 1964. In 1962 he left Courtaulds due in part to a takeover bid by ICI and joined Glaxo, a pharmacy company, becoming chairman in 1963 until his retirement in 1973. During Wilson's time at Glaxo the company was successful in greatly expanding its business. Wilson was knighted in 1961. He was married in 1934 to Margaret Monks (Constance) (1908 – 8 June 1961), with two sons (Peter, born 1939, and John, born 1944). (en)
- Sir Alan Herries Wilson (2 juillet 1906 - 30 septembre 1995) est un mathématicien et industriel britannique. (fr)
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- Sir Alan Herries Wilson (2 juillet 1906 - 30 septembre 1995) est un mathématicien et industriel britannique. (fr)
- Sir Alan Herries Wilson (2 July 1906 – 30 September 1995), was a British mathematician and industrialist. He was educated at Wallasey Grammar School and at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, obtaining a BA degree in mathematics in 1926. His graduate work was under the supervision of R. H. Fowler working on problems in quantum mechanics. There is now an Alan Wilson Research Fellowship at Emmanuel College. (en)
- Alan Herries Wilson, meist A. H. Wilson zitiert, (* 2. Juli 1906 in Wallasey, Cheshire; † 30. September 1995) war ein britischer theoretischer Festkörperphysiker und Manager. Wilson studierte an der Universität Cambridge Mathematik mit dem Bachelor-Abschluss 1926 und befasste sich dort unter Ralph Howard Fowler mit Quantenmechanik. Anschließend war er bei Werner Heisenberg in Leipzig, wo er sich mit der Quantenmechanik von Elektronen in Festkörpern befasste. Seine Pionierarbeiten zum Bändermodell, in denen er das unterschiedliche Verhalten von Metallen, Halbleitern und Isolatoren erklärte, erschienen ab 1931. 1932 erhielt er den Adams-Preis. Er veröffentlichte zwei Bücher über theoretische Festkörperphysik in den 1930er Jahren (The theory of metals entstand aus dem Adams Prize Essay), wand (de)
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