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Mathematician. Statistician. Logici --- Astronomer --- Physicists

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Astronomers --- Biography --- Maskelyne, Nevil, --- Astronomer Royal, --- Maskelyne,

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This biography gives an insider view of 20th century German science in the making. The discovery by Max von Laue in 1912 of interference effects demonstrated the wave-like nature of X-rays and the atomic lattice structure of crystals. This major advance for research on solids earned him the Nobel Prize two years later, the ultimate acclaim as an exceptional theoretician. As an early supporter of Einstein's relativity theory, he published fundamental papers on light scattering as well as on matter waves and superconductivity. Laue may be counted among the few persons of influence in Germany who - as Einstein put it - managed to "stay morally upright" under Nazism. It is thus surprising that this is the first extensive biography of this famous scientist. Jost Lemmerich could hardly have been better equipped to describe German physics and physicists in the 1920s. His copiously illustrated historical account is based as much on scientific material as on private correspondence, creating a fascinating and convincingly detailed portrait.

Chemical and physical crystallography --- Rocks. Minerals --- kristallografie --- kristallen --- Astronomer --- Astronomer --- Physicists

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Historisch overzicht van de astronomie in Nederland, met veel aandacht voor de politieke, economische en culturele omstandigheden waarin deze zich heeft ontwikkeld. Historisch overzicht van de astronomie in Nederland, met veel aandacht voor de politieke, economische en culturele omstandigheden waarin deze zich heeft ontwikkeld.

378.4 <492> --- 378.4 <492> Universiteiten--Nederland --- Universiteiten--Nederland --- Astronomer --- anno 1800-1999 --- Netherlands

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This book tells the inside story of Germany's first contributions to space research by experiments with artificial plasma clouds in space. In this autobiography, Gerhard Haerendel, former director at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, describes his 60 adventurous years in space research. The narrative of exciting events-covering 40 years of rocket and satellite work-is underpinned with accessible accounts of the actual physical phenomena and processes involved. The reader also learns about how the goals set by a visionary astrophysicist eventually led to one of Germany's first major contributions to space research by the creation of artificial comets in the solar wind. Haerendel's efforts also led to two further satellite programs, one in partnership with Sweden, focusing on the aurora borealis, the other, a national German endeavor, to explore the outer border of the magnetosphere. A further interesting chapter concerns his engagement in the evaluation and restructuring of eastern German Academy institutes after reunification. All readers interested in space research and its history will enjoy sharing the fascinating experiences and dramatic events that accompany the story throughout, even some spectacular failures relating to rocket campaigns.

Pure sciences. Natural sciences (general) --- Space research --- Astronomy --- Engineering sciences. Technology --- History --- wetenschapsgeschiedenis --- geschiedenis --- technologie --- ruimte (astronomie) --- ruimtevaart --- Astronomer --- Physicists --- Astrophysicists. --- Astrophysics. --- Haerendel, Gerhard.