Șerban Țițeica, c. 1980

Șerban Țițeica (March 27 [O.S. March 14] 1908 – May 28, 1985) was a Romanian quantum physicist. He is regarded as the founder of the Romanian school of theoretical physics.[1]

The third and last child of mathematician Gheorghe Țițeica, he was born in Bucharest, where he attended Mihai Viteazul National College.[2] He then went to the University of Bucharest, graduating in 1929 with a degree in Physics and Chemistry and another in Mathematics. He studied at Leipzig University from 1930 to 1934 under Werner Heisenberg, earning a doctorate in 1935, with thesis "On the behaviour of electrical resistance of metals in magnetic field".[3]

Țițeica taught at Politehnica University of Bucharest from 1935 to 1941 as assistant professor, and was then a professor at the University of Iași (1941–1948) and the University of Bucharest (1949–1977). He became a titular member of the Romanian Academy in 1955, and served as its vice president from 1963 until his death in his native city.[2]

Țițeica was a member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR and of the Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Leipzig. He was also the Vice-Director of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna (1962–1964), and a member of the Council of the European Physical Society (1970–1975).[2]

He is buried at Bellu Cemetery, in Bucharest.

References

  1. ↑ Năstase, Gabriel I. (2016). "Creatori români în elita inteligenței mondiale". Revista Univers Strategic (in Romanian). 7 (27): 195–199.
  2. 1 2 3 "Șerban Țițeica (1908–1985)". www.phys.uaic.ro (in Romanian). Faculty of Physics, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Short biography of Șerban Țițeica" (PDF). Institutul Național de Cercetare-Dezvoltare pentru Fizică și Inginerie Nucleară Horia Hulubei. Retrieved December 26, 2019.
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