Léon Rosenfeld
Léon Rosenfeld · Science & Medicine
Physicist; quantum field theory and foundations of quantum mechanics
1904, Charleroi, Belgium — 1974, Copenhagen, Denmark
Belgium · Copenhagen · Manchester
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Léon Rosenfeld was a Belgian physicist and close collaborator of Niels Bohr, contributing to quantum field theory, the quantization of gravity and the interpretation and foundations of quantum mechanics; he coined the term 'lepton'. He worked widely across Europe and helped edit Bohr's collected works. He was of Jewish descent.
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Physicist; quantum field theory and foundations of quantum mechanics
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