Idle Talk: God-Tier Teacher Sommerfeld

The alternate world counterpart of the cultivator Suo Mofei, who died unexpectedly as mentioned in Chapter 27, the great scientist Sommerfeld, is a heavyweight figure in the history of physics.

Sommerfeld received dozens of Nobel Prize nominations in his lifetime [unfortunately, he never won]. However, this is not about Sommerfeld's academic achievements, but rather about his awesome teaching skills.

The world generally regards Pauli and Heisenberg as Bohr's students. But Bohr himself was a dull and introverted fellow, especially when it came to wording, which was a disaster. I believe Dirac, who, when a student asked, "Sir, I don't quite understand this formula," replied, "He's making a statement, not asking a question," would have a lot in common with Bohr on this point.

PS: When I was reading The Grandmaster of Arcane Arts back then, I couldn't help but laugh when the Grand Arcane Master Hathaway appeared. Bohr was probably the prototype for Grandma! 23333

With a personality like that, how could he teach students well?

In reality, the inseparable duo Heisenberg and Pauli should be Sommerfeld's students. The reason everyone counts them under Bohr is simply because they were all part of the Copenhagen School, and Bohr was its leader.

As a teacher, Bohr certainly wasn't excellent. After establishing his institute, he simply stopped managing teaching affairs. Meanwhile, his old acquaintance Sommerfeld was remarkably powerful in this regard. Either Pauli or Heisenberg alone would be enough to make any teacher proud for a lifetime. However, Sommerfeld's students included not only these two but also four other Nobel laureates.

Six Nobel laureates under his tutelage! Among them were Pauli and Heisenberg, who rewrote the entire field of physics.

Such achievements could only be surpassed by Rutherford, who taught 13 Nobel laureates including Bohr, and was himself a Nobel laureate!

Additionally, Sommerfeld had some less famous but equally respectable scientists among his students. For instance, Elder Deng's brother-in-law, the renowned Chinese scientist Zheng Huachi. [If this were a wuxia novel, he'd at least be a registered disciple.]