Franz Mandl (physicist)

Franz Mandl
Born	1923 Vienna, Austria
Died	2009 (aged 85)
Nationality	British
Occupation	Theoretical physicist
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Oxford
Thesis	Limiting principles in statistical mechanics (1949)
Academic work
Institutions	University of Manchester

Franz Mandl (1923–2009) was a British theoretical physicist, known for his graduate-level textbooks.

Early life and education

Mandl was born in Vienna in 1923 into a Jewish family. They moved to Berlin in the 1920s, and after the rise of Nazi Germany, the family emigrated to England as refugees in 1936. Mandl received a scholarship to study at Lincoln College, Oxford where he received his undergraduate and doctorate degrees in physics.[1]

Academic career

After receiving his doctorate, Mandl spent a few years in the US, before returning to the UK to become a reader of physics at the University of Manchester. He spent his career there collaborating in atomic research and writing textbooks.[1] His books were considered influential to the graduate study of theoretical physics.[2][3]

Personal life and death

Mandl married Betty Clifford, a mathematician whom he met while studying at Oxford.[1]

He died in 2009 at the age of 85.[1]

Works

Books

• Mandl, Franz (1954). Quantum Mechanics (1st ed.). Butterworths Scientific Publications. OCLC 1088018527.[4] 2013 pbk edition. ISBN 0-471-93155-1.
• Mandl, Franz (1959). Introduction to Quantum Field Theory (1st ed.). Interscience Publishers. OCLC 422500484.
• Mandl, Franz (1971). Statistical Physics. Manchester Physics Series (1st ed.). John Wiley & Sons. OCLC 911305958. pbk reprint of 1988 2nd edition. ISBN 978-0-471-91533-1.
• Mandl, Franz; Shaw, Graham (1984). Quantum Field Theory (1st ed.). John Wiley & Sons. OCLC 802732334. pbk 2nd edition. ISBN 978-0-471-49684-7.

Technical reports and lectures

• Mandl, Franz (1952). The ionization by electron impact of excited hydrogen atoms. Harwell, UK: Atomic Energy Research Establishment. OCLC 28036431.
• Mandl, Franz (1956). Note on the phase-shifts for pion-nucleon scattering at 40 Mev. University of Rochester, Department of Physics. OCLC 1029842342.
• Mandl, Franz (1960). Symmetry properties of particles and fields (PDF). CERN Lectures. Geneva: CERN. OCLC 11103193.

References

1. Taylor, Geoffrey (25 May 2009). "Obituary: Franz Mandl". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
2. Collins, P D B (1985). "Book reviews: Quantum Field Theory". Physics Bulletin. 36. Institute of Physics: 391. doi:10.1088/0031-9112/36/9/028.
3. Bailin, D (2009). "Book reviews: Modern Quantum Field Theory: A Concise Introduction, by T. Banks". Contemp. Phys. 51 (2): 182–183. doi:10.1080/00107510903073286. S2CID 122763918.
4. Salpeter, E. E. (25 March 1955). "Review of Quantum Mechanics by P. Mandl". Science. 121 (3143): 429–430. doi:10.1126/science.121.3143.429.b. p. 430