Alwyn Van der Merwe’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Alwyn van der Merwe (born November 1927 in South Africa) is an American theoretical physicist. He is Emeritus Professor of Physics in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Denver.

Van der Merwe was awarded a Queen Victoria Scholarship in South Africa. He studied theoretical physics at the University of Amsterdam under Jan de Boer and S.A. Wouthuysen and obtained doctorates from the University of Amsterdam and the University of Bern. He was a research associate of Henry Margenau at Yale University and of Hans Jensen at the University of Heidelberg. Prior to his appointment at the University of Denver, he taught at the City University of New York.

He has acted extensively as editor in theoretical physics and the philosophy of science. In 1988 van der Merwe became the founding editor of the journal Foundations of Physics Letters, until its incorporation in 2007 into its sister journal Foundations of Physics, of which he succeeded Margenau as co-editor in 1975.

Selected publications

• Yourgrau, Wolfgang; Merwe, Alwyn van der; Raw, Gough (2013-02-20). Treatise on Irreversible and Statistical Thermodynamics: An Introduction to Nonclassical Thermodynamics. ISBN 9780486151090. (Dover reprint of 1966 original)
• as editor:
• Wolfgang Yourgrau; Alwyn Van der Merwe (15 November 1971). Perspectives in quantum theory: essays in honor of Alfred Landé. MIT Press. ISBN 978-0-262-24014-7.
• Merwe, Alwyn Van der; Selleri, Franco; Tarozzi, G. (February 1988). Microphysical Reality and Quantum Formalism: Proceedings of the Conference Microphysical Reality and Quantum Formalism, Urbino, Italy; September 25th-October 3rd, 1985. ISBN 9789027726834.
• Mugur-Schächter, Mioara; Merwe, Alwyn van der (2003-01-31). Quantum Mechanics, Mathematics, Cognition and Action: Proposals for a Formalized Epistemology. ISBN 9781402011207.
• Adamenko, Stanislav; Selleri, Franco; Merwe, Alwyn van der (2007-04-17). Controlled Nucleosynthesis: Breakthroughs in Experiment and Theory. ISBN 9781402058745.
• P. Barut; Alwyn van der Merwe (6 December 2012). Selected Scientific Papers of Alfred Landé. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 978-94-009-3981-3. (pbk reprint of 1988 original)
• Augusto Garuccio; Alwyn van der Merwe (6 December 2012). Waves and Particles in Light and Matter. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 978-1-4615-2550-9. (pbk reprint of 1994 original)
• Ferrero, M.; Merwe, Alwyn van der (2012-12-06). New Developments on Fundamental Problems in Quantum Physics. ISBN 9789401158862. (pbk reprint of 1997 original)
• Tarozzi, G.; Merwe, Alwyn van der (2012-12-06). Open Questions in Quantum Physics: Invited Papers on the Foundations of Microphysics. ISBN 9789400952454. (pbk reprint of 1985 original)
• Tarozzi, G.; Merwe, Alwyn van der (2012-12-06). The Nature of Quantum Paradoxes: Italian Studies in the Foundations and Philosophy of Modern Physics. ISBN 9789400929470. (pbk reprint of 1988 reprint)
• Esposito, Salvatore; Jr, Ettore Majorana; Merwe, Alwyn van der; Recami, E. (2013-03-09). Ettore Majorana: Notes on Theoretical Physics. ISBN 9789401701075. (pbk reprint of 2003 original)
• Ferrero, M.; Merwe, Alwyn van der (2013-06-29). Fundamental Problems in Quantum Physics. ISBN 9789401585293.
• Merwe, Alwyn Van der; Zurek, Wojciech Hubert; Miller, Warner Allen (2017-03-14). Between Quantum and Cosmos: Studies and Essays in Honor of John Archibald Wheeler. ISBN 9781400886975. (pbk reprint of 1988 original)