Haas, Arthur Erich#
Haas, Arthur Erich, b. Brno, Czech Republic (then Bruenn), April 30, 1884, d. Chicago (USA), Feb. 20, 1941, physicist, atomic researcher, university professor in Leipzig, Vienna, London and from 1935 in the USA; 1910 recognised the significance of Planck's Constant and applied quantum theory to the behaviour of atoms.
Works#
Grundlagen der Mechanik, 1914; Einfuehrung in die theoretische Physik, 2 vols., 1919/1921; Materiewellen und Quantenmechanik, 61934; Die Welt der Atome, 41937.Literature#
A. Hermann, A. H., in: Dictionary of Scientific Biography 5, 1981.