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Lectures on Theoretical Physics

Photo of Sommerfeld in 1897
Photo of Sommerfeld in 1897
  • ... that the Lectures on Theoretical Physics are based on thirty years of lectures given by Arnold Sommerfeld (pictured), a man Wolfgang Pauli once described as "the epitome of the scholar and the teacher"? Source: (Pauli quote reprinted in ISBN 978-1-4614-7461-6 p. 420)
    • ALT1:... that the Lectures on Theoretical Physics are based on thirty years of lectures given by Arnold Sommerfeld (pictured), who is considered one of the greatest physics lecturers of the early twentieth century? Source: "It is generally admitted that as an effective lecturer Sommerfeld has been rarely if ever surpassed." (1) and others
    • ALT2:... that Arnold Sommerfeld (pictured), author of the Lectures on Theoretical Physics, is considered to be one of the greatest lecturers of theoretical physics in the early twentieth century? Source: Ibid and several others

Created by Footlessmouse (talk). Self-nominated at 03:55, 8 December 2020 (UTC).

  • Symbol voting keep.svg Cool topic. New and long enough, within policy, Earwig finds no copyvios, QPQ done. I'm not sure if including the tables of contents is really encyclopedic, but that's beyond the scope of a DYK review so it's okay. For ALT1 and ALT2, the phrasing "is considered one of the greatest physics lecturers" shouldn't be made without attribution as it's ultimately an opinion. The original hook is suitably attributed. It meets the hook length rule if the (pictured) isn't counted, and if the promoter is picky it only needs to lose two characters. AGF on offline and paywalled sources. John P. Sadowski (NIOSH) (talk) 04:50, 15 December 2020 (UTC)