In addition, he wrote many works on various aspects of physics : statistical mechanics and thermodynamics , physics of dielectrics , colour theory , electrodynamics , general relativity , and cosmology , and he made several attempts to construct a unified field theory.
In his book What Is Life? He also paid great attention to the philosophical aspects of science, ancient, and oriental philosophical concepts, ethics, and religion.
In his personal life, he lived with both his wife and his mistress which may have led to problems causing him to leave his position at Oxford. Subsequently, until , he had a position in Graz , Austria, until the Nazi takeover when he fled, finally finding a long-term arrangement in Dublin , Ireland, where he remained until retirement in , and where he sexually abused several minors. His mother was of half Austrian and half English descent; his father was Catholic and his mother was Lutheran.
He himself was an atheist. He was also able to learn English outside school, as his maternal grandmother was British. Between and he participated in war work as a commissioned officer in the Austrian fortress artillery Gorizia , Duino , Sistiana , Prosecco, Vienna.
In he became the assistant to Max Wien , in Jena , and in September he attained the position of ao. In , he became o. His position at Oxford did not work out well; his unconventional domestic arrangements, sharing living quarters with two women, [ 20 ] were not met with acceptance.
