Arnold Theodore Nordsieck was an American theoretical physicist.
12 Facts About Arnold Nordsieck
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Arnold Nordsieck is best known for his work with Felix Bloch on the infrared problem in quantum electrodynamics.
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Arnold Nordsieck developed the inertial electrostatic gyroscope used as part of the inertial navigation system of nuclear submarines that allows them to remain underwater without having to surface to ascertain their location.
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Arnold Theodore Nordsieck was born in Marysville, Ohio, on January 5,1911.
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Arnold Nordsieck then went to the University of California, Berkeley, where he wrote his 1935 doctoral dissertation under the supervision of Robert Oppenheimer on the "Scattering of Radiation by an Electric Field".
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Bloch and Arnold Nordsieck showed that this due to the perturbation theory used, and were able to avoid it with a better method.
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Arnold Nordsieck was an associate professor at Columbia from 1945 to 1946.
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Arnold Nordsieck built a differential analyzer in 1950 at the University of Illinois from $700 worth of surplus electronic parts left over from World War II.
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Arnold Nordsieck proposed the Cornfield system, a computer-based decision-making system for the air defense of ships using radar.
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Later Arnold Nordsieck worked for the General Research Corporation in Santa Barbara, California, where he was Head of physics.
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Arnold Nordsieck died in Santa Barbara on January 18,1971.
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Notable winners of UIUC's Nordsieck Award include Nigel Goldenfeld, George Gollin, Paul Goldbart, Alfred Hubler, Steven Errede, Kevin T Pitts, Brian L DeMarco and Karin Dahmen.