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	'''Walter Greiner''' (29 October 1935 - 6 October 2016) was a German theoretical physicist.<ref name="~~bio-source~~">{{Cite web \|title=Walter Greiner \|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Greiner \|website=Wikipedia \|access-date=2026-05-24}}</ref>		'''Walter Greiner''' (29 October 1935 - 6 October 2016) was a German theoretical physicist.<ref name="wiki">{{Cite web \|title=Walter Greiner \|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Greiner \|website=Wikipedia \|access-date=2026-05-24}}</ref>

	Greiner is linked ~~here~~ through ''Gauge Theory of Weak Interactions'' and ''Field Quantization''.		== Career and work ==
			Greiner was professor at Goethe University Frankfurt and worked in atomic physics, heavy-ion physics, nuclear physics, elementary particle physics, quantum electrodynamics, and quantum chromodynamics.<ref name="wiki" /><ref name="tandf">{{Cite web \|title=In Memoriam: Walter Greiner (1935-2016) \|url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10619127.2017.1280366 \|website=Nuclear Physics News \|access-date=2026-05-24}}</ref>

			He became well known for a multi-volume theoretical-physics textbook series that introduced generations of students to classical mechanics, quantum mechanics, field theory, nuclear physics, and related subjects.<ref name="wiki" />

			In the QFT page he is linked through ''Gauge Theory of Weak Interactions'' and, with Joachim Reinhardt, ''Field Quantization''.<ref name="springer">{{Cite web \|title=Field Quantization \|url=https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-642-61485-9 \|website=SpringerLink \|access-date=2026-05-24}}</ref>

	== Selected works ==		== Selected works ==
	* ''Gauge Theory of Weak Interactions'' (with Berndt Müller).		* ''Gauge Theory of Weak Interactions'' (with Berndt Müller).
	* ''Field Quantization'' (with Joachim Reinhardt).		* ''Field Quantization'' (with Joachim Reinhardt).
			* Volumes in the Greiner theoretical-physics textbook series.

	== References ==		== References ==
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	== External links ==		== External links ==
	* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Greiner Walter Greiner]		* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Greiner Walter Greiner]
			* [https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10619127.2017.1280366 In Memoriam: Walter Greiner (1935-2016)]
			* [https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-642-61485-9 Field Quantization]

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{{Short description|German theoretical physicist}}
{{Infobox scientist
| name = Walter Greiner
| birth_date = 29 October 1935
| death_date = 6 October 2016
| fields = Theoretical physics; nuclear physics; quantum field theory
| known_for = Theoretical physics textbook series
}}

'''Walter Greiner''' (29 October 1935 - 6 October 2016) was a German theoretical physicist.<ref name="bio-source">{{Cite web |title=Walter Greiner |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Greiner |website=Wikipedia |access-date=2026-05-24}}</ref>

Greiner is linked here through ''Gauge Theory of Weak Interactions'' and ''Field Quantization''.

== Selected works ==
* ''Gauge Theory of Weak Interactions'' (with Berndt Müller).
* ''Field Quantization'' (with Joachim Reinhardt).

== References ==
{{reflist|3}}

== External links ==
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Greiner Walter Greiner]

{{Author|Harold Foppele}}