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John Torrence Tate Sr.

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193:, studying electrical engineering, earning a BS in 1910. He continued at the University of Nebraska, shifting his focus to physics and earning an MA in 1912. Like many American students interested in pursuing advanced degrees in physics, he departed for Germany to further his studies, earning a PhD under 277:
We (Mr. Rosen and I) had sent you our manuscript for publication and had not authorized you to show it to specialists before it is printed. I see no reason to address the—in any case erroneous—comments of your anonymous expert. On the basis of this incident I prefer to publish the paper
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in 1914, with a dissertation on "The Heat of Vaporization of Metals." He returned to the University of Nebraska as a faculty member, where he stayed until 1916, when he was offered a post at the
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and John Van Vleck credited the rapid growth of the journal's size and influence in the 1920s to Tate's sensitivity to the importance of the emerging
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was only so-so, especially in theory, and in 1922 I was greatly pleased that my doctor's thesis was accepted for publication by the
1236: 202: 201:. With the exception of brief sabbaticals to conduct war-related work, Tate remained at Minnesota for the following 34 years. 1246: 100: 751: 614: 620: 531: 493: 1163: 924: 757: 585: 942: 698: 686: 561: 198: 127: 1026: 841: 728: 549: 507: 230: 190: 179: 131: 90: 74: 224:, who was a colleague of Tate's at Minnesota from 1923 to 1928, recalled that in the early 20th century " 1187: 1044: 912: 722: 543: 519: 153: 1231: 1226: 1008: 996: 865: 775: 573: 438: 86: 1181: 1073: 960: 883: 859: 823: 650: 608: 513: 1109: 984: 930: 817: 787: 716: 656: 644: 407: 389: 243: 246:, and in particular the rapidity with which he published papers relating to quantum phenomena. 1139: 1020: 978: 948: 847: 734: 680: 579: 567: 462: 375:"On the verge of Umdeutung in Minnesota: Van Vleck and the correspondence principle, part one" 346: 239: 221: 330: 1115: 1032: 1002: 990: 966: 805: 799: 674: 446: 399: 374: 338: 301: 138: 1193: 1145: 1091: 1079: 1067: 1050: 936: 895: 877: 811: 704: 259: 174: 157: 442: 1133: 1038: 1014: 954: 692: 638: 632: 555: 267: 216:
While a professor at the University of Minnesota, Tate presided over the growth of the
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Tate was born on 28 July 1889 in Lenox, Iowa. He attended the
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in England . . . By 1930 or so, the relative standings of
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between 1926 and 1950. He is the father of mathematician
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Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences
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at the University of Minnesota is named in his honor.
1060: 905: 744: 601: 500: 254:On the 1st of June 1936 Tate, as the editor of the 149: 137: 123: 113: 96: 82: 63: 37: 21: 329:Nier, Alfred O. C.; Van Vleck, John H. (1975). 272: 238:and Philosophical Magazine were interchanged." 478: 8: 1262:Presidents of the American Physical Society 494:Presidents of the American Physical Society 485: 471: 463: 18: 450: 393: 373:Duncan, Anthony; Janssen, Michel (2007). 306:Array of Contemporary American Physicists 292: 220:into a high impact journal. Physicist 427:"Einstein Versus the Physical Review" 382:Archive for History of Exact Sciences 324: 322: 7: 14: 1222:20th-century American physicists 29: 1257:University of Minnesota faculty 331:"John Torrence Tate: 1889–1950" 300:American Institute of Physics. 266:. 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John Torrence Tate Sr. (1889–1950)
Lenox, Iowa
Minneapolis, Minnesota
University of Berlin
University of Nebraska
Presidential Medal for Merit
Physics
University of Minnesota
University of Nebraska
Doctoral advisor
James Franck
Alfred Otto Carl Nier
Walter Brattain
Physical Review
John Torrence Tate Jr.
University of Nebraska
James Franck
University of Minnesota
Tate Laboratory of Physics
John H. Van Vleck
Philosophical Magazine
Alfred Nier
quantum revolution
Albert Einstein
Nathan Rosen
H.P. Robertson
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