"Zur elektronentheorie der metalle auf grund der Fermischen Statistik. I. Teil: allgemeines, stromungs- und austrittsvorgange." with: SOMMERFELD, A. "Zur elektronentheorie der metalle auf grund der Fermischen Statistik. II. Teil: thermo-elektrische, galvano-mahnetische und thermo-magnetische vorgange."

In:: Zeitschrift fur physik, 47 (1928)., 1928. 232 x 163 mm. 8vo. pp. 1-32; 43-60. Navy cloth, gilt stamped spine. Ex library Carnegie Institution of Washington Mount Wilson Observatory with call number gilt stamped on spine and library blind-stamp on front free end paper. Clean copy, handsomely bound. FINE. RARE. FIRST EDITION OF THE REHABILITATION OF THE ELECTRON THEORY OF METALS. In the late 1920's and early 1930's the problem that drew most of Sommerfeld's interest was the joint application of wave mechanics and Fermi statistics to the behavior of electrons (truncated) in metals. With the aid of his students, the American physicists William V. Houston and Carl Eckart (both Millikan disciples), Sommerfeld rehabilitated the electron theory of metals, which after a promising beginning at the turn of the century, had languished under classical statistics and mechanics. For the work of Houston and Eckart, see under their names in this issue of the Zeitschrift fur physik. DSB, XII, pp. 525-532. The following articles by important contributors are included in volume 47: with: JORDAN, Pasqual, (1902-1980) & Wolfgang PAULI, (1900-1958). "Zur quantenelektrodynamik ladungsfreier felder." In: Zeitschrift fur physik, 47 (1928), pp. 151-173. This was the first paper Wolfgang Pauli wrote on quantum electrodynamics. See Pais, Inward bound, pp. 332-333. with: JORDAN, Pasqual, (1902-1980) & Wolfgang PAULI, (1900-1958). "Uber das Paulische aquivalenzverbot." In: Zeitschrift fur physik, 47 (1928), pp. 631-651. "The Jordan-Wigner formalism set the stage for the field theory of the electron-positron." Pais, Inward bound, p. 340. with NEUMANN, John von, (1903-1957) & Eugene WIGNER, (1902-1995). "Zur erklarung einiger eigenschaften der spektren aus der quantenmechanik des drehelektrons." In: Zeitschrift fur physik, 47 (1928), pp. 203-220. Wigner and von Neumann were both born in Bucharest and had long been friends. They were close collaborators during the 1920s. (Inventory #: S0627)