Leopold Infeld
Leopold Infeld (20 August 1898 – 15 January 1968) was a Polish physicist who worked mainly in Poland and Canada (1938–1950). He was a Rockefeller fellow at Cambridge University (1933–1934) and a member of the Polish Academy of Sciences.
Leopold Infeld | |
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Leopold Infeld in 1960 | |
| Born | 20 August 1898 |
| Died | 15 January 1968 (aged 69) |
| Citizenship | Austrian (1898–1918) Polish (1918–1968) Canadian (1939–50) |
| Alma mater | Jagiellonian University |
| Known for | Infeld–Van der Waerden symbols Born–Infeld theory Einstein–Infeld–Hoffmann equations Infeld–Hull factorization method |
| Children | Eryk Infeld |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | Cambridge University Jagiellonian University University of Lwów Princeton University University of Toronto |
| Doctoral students | Alfred Schild Andrzej Trautman P. R. Wallace |
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