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Philipp Frank

Austrian academic (*1884 – †1966)

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Instance of: human
Born: 20 March 1884
Died: 21 July 1966
Place of birth: Vienna
Place of death: Cambridge
Sex or gender: male
Given name: Philipp
Family name: Frank
Sibling: Josef Frank
Movement: logical positivism, Vienna Circle
Field of work: physics, philosophy, theoretical physics, mathematics, calculus of variations, geometrical optics, quantum mechanics, theory of relativity, philosophy of science
Occupation: mathematician, philosopher, physicist, pedagogue, university teacher
Citizenship: Austria
Awards: Fellow of the American Physical Society
academic thesis: Q94953238
described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978), Q51447332
doctoral advisor: Ludwig Boltzmann
doctoral student: Peter Bergmann, Reinhold Furth
educated at: University of Vienna
employer: Harvard University, University of Vienna, German University in Prague, Bauhaus
languages spoken, written or signed: German, English
member of: American Academy of Arts and Sciences
name in native language: Philipp Frank
writing language: German

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Einstein : his life and times

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Frank, Philipp G. (1884-1966), scholar of physics and philosophy of science

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