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== Background ==
Sommerfeld was a well known German theoretical physicist who played a major role in developing [[old quantum theory]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Sommerfeld|first1=A.|last2=Bopp|first2=F.|date=1951-01-26|title=Fifty Years of Quantum Theory|url=https://science.sciencemag.org/content/113/2926/85|journal=Science|language=en|volume=113|issue=2926|pages=85–92|doi=10.1126/science.113.2926.85|issn=0036-8075|pmid=17808940|bibcode=1951Sci...113...85S}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Born|1952|pages=282–283}}</ref> He was renowned as a great teacher of theoretical physics in the early 20th century.<ref>{{harvnb|Eckert|2013|p=420, 433|ps="Planck was the authority, Einstein the genius, and Sommerfeld the teacher"}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Born|1952|pages=275, 286,287}}</ref><ref name="PeierlsMulti">{{Cite journal|last=Peierls|first=R. E.|author-link=Rudolf Peierls|date=November 1951|title=Lectures on Theoretical Physics
The textbooks, originally published in German, were based on series of his lectures, which were made to be self-consistent within each section, at the [[University of Munich]] that ran over a three-year cycle.<ref name="PeierlsMulti" /> In addition to specialized classes, the set of lectures presented by the book represent Sommerfeld's standard introductory courses in physics that he gave in Munich, with each subject taught over one semester for a total of three years.<ref name="Born286">{{harvnb|Born|1952|pages=286}}</ref> Sommerfeld continued this cycle of lectures for over thirty years at the University, which were very popular and influential.<ref name="Lindsay" />
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'''''Mechanik''''', the first volume of Sommerfeld's ''Vorlesungen über Theoretische Physik'', was published in 1947 by Akademische Verlagegesellschaft Becker und Erler and subsequently translated into English by [[Martin O. Stern]] and published as '''''Mechanics''''' in 1953 by the [[Academic Press]]. [[Paul Peter Ewald]] wrote a foreword for the English edition where he attempts to summarize Sommerfeld's lecture style and use the information to explain why Sommerfeld had so many successful students.<ref name=Lindsay />
The book was reviewed by [[Robert Bruce Lindsay]],<ref name="Lindsay">{{Cite journal|last=Lindsay|first=R. B.|author-link=Robert Bruce Lindsay|date=February 1954|title=Mechanics. Lectures on Theoretical Physics, Volume I|url=http://physicstoday.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.3061512|journal=Physics Today|language=en|volume=7|issue=2|pages=18–19|doi=10.1063/1.3061512|bibcode=1954PhT.....7b..18S|issn=0031-9228}}</ref> [[Rudolf Peierls]],<ref name="PeierlsMulti" /><ref name="PeierlsOne">{{Cite journal|last=Peierls|first=R. E.|author-link=Rudolf Peierls|date=May 1954|title=[Short Reviews]
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=== ''Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics'' ===
'''''Thermodynamik und Statistik''''', the fifth volume of Sommerfeld's ''Lectures'', was edited by [[Fritz Bopp]] and [[Josef Meixner]] and published posthumously in 1952 by [[Dieterich'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung]]. The book was translated into the English volume '''''Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics''''' by [[Joseph Kestin]] and published in 1956 by [[Academic Press]]. The book was reviewed by [[Rudolf Peierls]]<ref name=PeierlsFive>{{Cite journal|last=Peierls|first=R. E.|author-link=Rudolf Peierls|date=August 1956|title=[Book Reviews]
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=== ''Partial Differential Equations in Physics'' ===
'''''Partielle Differentialgleichungen in der Physik''''', the sixth and final volume of its series, was published in 1947 by [[Dieterich'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung]] while it was translated to English by [[Ernst G. Straus]] and published by [[Academic Press]] in 1949 under the title '''''Partial Differential Equations in Physics'''''. The book was reviewed by [[George F. Carrier]],<ref name=Carrier>{{Cite journal|last=Carrier|first=G. F.|author-link=George F. Carrier|date=1952|title=Review of Partial differential equations in physics|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/43633950|journal=Quarterly of Applied Mathematics|volume=10|issue=2|pages=193|jstor=43633950|issn=0033-569X}}</ref> [[Michael Golomb]],<ref name=Golomb>{{Cite journal|last=Golomb|first=Michael|author-link=Michael Golomb|date=1950|title=Review of Partial Differential Equations in Physics|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1676772|journal=Science|volume=111|issue=2886|pages=414–415|doi=10.1126/science.111.2886.414.c|jstor=1676772|s2cid=239527732|issn=0036-8075}}</ref> [[Rudolf Peierls]],<ref name=PeierlsMulti /> and [[Lincoln LaPaz]].<ref name=LaPaz>{{Cite journal|last=La Paz|first=Lincoln|author-link=Lincoln LaPaz|date=1950|title=Review of Partial Differential Equations in Physics|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3029562|journal=Mathematics Magazine|volume=24|issue=2|pages=99–102|doi=10.2307/3029562|jstor=3029562|issn=0025-570X}}</ref> After summarizing the book's contents, Carrier closed his 1952 review by writing: "The book contains an excellent choice of very instructive problems and should be invaluable in teaching the technique of solving the classical type boundary value problems."<ref name=Carrier /> In his 1950 review, Golomb wrote that the book is "concise and very readable" and that its "chief merit" is "its skillful handling of complex problems".<ref name=Golomb /> LaPaz gave a critical review going into detail on several issues before summarizing the review himself: "In conclusion, on balancing out the few quite minor imperfections of the book under review against its many excellences, the reader will not hesitate to accord hearty commendation to author, translator and editors alike for tasks exceedingly well done."<ref name=LaPaz />
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