The Adventurous Life of Friedrich Georg Houtermans, Physicist (1903-1966)
The physicist Friedrich Houtermans (1903-1966) was an essential promoter and proponent of the development of physics in Berne. He introduced a number of activities in the field of elementary particles, with a special focus on the physics of cosmic rays, and important contributions in applied physics...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
2012, 2012
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2012 |
| Series: | SpringerBriefs in Physics
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Preamble
- Friedrich’s birth and family background
- His youth in Vienna
- Student in Göttingen
- Assistant in Berlin
- Fritz’s first marriage
- Life in Berlin
- Emigration to U.K. and U.S.S.R
- Professor in Kharkov.-The beginning of the great trials
- The years of prison
- An overview of the situation in central Europe
- More about Fritz and Konstantin
- A few other physicists’ political troubles
- Finally out of prison!
- Shaken by worldwide storms. Fritz’s second family
- An outline of the early development of applied nuclear energy in Germany
- From Berlin to Ronneburg
- In Göttingen again
- Houtermans’ third family
- Fritz’s fourth family. His departure
- Houtermans’ scientific work and influence in Bern
- Why we remember him
- List of Publications by F. G. Houtermans
- Bibliography