Marcel Schein
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Marcel Schein was a Bohemian
Bohemian
A Bohemian is a resident of the former Kingdom of Bohemia, either in a narrow sense as the region of Bohemia proper or in a wider meaning as the whole country, now known as the Czech Republic. The word "Bohemian" was used to denote the Czech people as well as the Czech language before the word...

-born American physicist
Physicist
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Schein studies at the universities of Vienna
Vienna
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, Würzburg
Würzburg
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 and Zürich
Zürich
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, where he got his PhD with the best mark "magma cum laude".
In the fellowing years he taught at several European universities until 1938. Then he emigrated to the U.S..
At the university of Chicage he became a member of staff at the Institute of Physics.
He was simple researcher from 1938 to 1943, then assistant professor from 1943 to 45, associate professor until 1946, afterwards he became full professor.

His main field on research was cosmic ray
Cosmic ray
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External links

  • http://libserv.aip.org:81/ipac20/ipac.jsp?uri=full=3100001~!6587~!0&profile=newcustom-icos
  • http://physics.syr.edu/~rsholmes/genealogy.html (biography)
  • http://www.astrocosmo.cl/astrofis/astrofis-03_06.htm (Italian)

See also

  • Schein
    Schein
    Schein is the surname of:* Charles Schein, polymer chemist* Edgar Schein, a professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management* Johann Hermann Schein , German composer* Marcel Schein, Bohemian physician* Andras Schein, Visual artist...

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