Friedrich Hund AKA Friedrich Hermann Hund Born: 4-Feb-1896 Birthplace: Karlsruhe, Germany Died: 31-Mar-1997 Location of death: Karlsruhe, Germany Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male Race or Ethnicity: White Occupation: Physicist Nationality: Germany Executive summary: Quantum tunneling Studied under Max Born. He discovered the principle of quantum tunneling (quantum mechanical barrier penetration), in a paper published in 1927. He also did significant work on the structures of atoms and molecules, molecular orbital theory known as the Hund-Mulliken theory (working with Robert S. Mulliken, the 1966 Nobel laureate in chemistry.)
University: PhD, University of Göttingen (1922) Professor: Theoretical Physics, University of Leipzig (1929-) Professor: University of Rostock Professor: University of Jena Professor: University of Frankfurt Professor: University of Göttingen
International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science Max Planck Medal 1943
Author of books:
Einführung in die theoretische Physik (1945–50, physics, 5 vols.) Theoretische Physik (1956–63, physics, 3 vols.) Theorie des Aufbaues der Materie (1961, physics) Grundbegriffe der Physik (1969, physics) Geschichte der physikal Begriffe (1972, physics)
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