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Philosophy of science --- Weizsäcker, von, Carl Friedrich --- Physicists --- Weizsäcker, Carl Friedrich, --- #GROL:SEMI-113 Weiz --- Weizsacker, Carl Friedrich Freiherr von --- Physicists - Germany - Biography --- Weizsäcker, Carl Friedrich, - Freiherr von, - 1912-2007

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Physics --- Physicists --- National socialism --- History --- National socialism. --- Physiciens --- Nazisme --- Nazism --- Natural philosophy --- Philosophy, Natural --- Physical scientists --- Physical sciences --- Dynamics --- Authoritarianism --- Fascism --- Nazis --- Neo-Nazism --- Totalitarianism --- World War, 1939-1945 --- Causes --- Physics - Germany - History - 20th century --- Physicists - Germany

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Hermann Günther Graßmann was one of the 19th century’s most remarkable scientists, but many aspects of his life have remained in the dark. This book assembles essential, first-hand information on the Graßmann family. It sheds light on the family’s struggle for scientific knowledge, progress and education. It puts a face on the protagonists of an exciting development in the history of science. And it highlights the peculiar set of influences which led Hermann Graßmann to brilliant insights in mathematics, philology and physics. This book of sources is meant to complement the biography of Graßmann and the proceedings of the 2009 Graßmann Bicentennial Conference (Birkhäuser 2010). "Roots and Traces" will interest all scholars working on Hermann Graßmann and related topics. It offers newly discovered pictures of family members, historical texts documenting life in this exceptional family and an English translation of these previously unpublished papers. Text in German and English.

Grassmann, Hermann, -- 1809-1877 -- Autographs. --- Mathematicians -- Germany -- Biography. --- Physicists -- Germany -- Biography. --- Mathematicians --- Physicists --- Mathematics --- Mathematics - General --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- Mathematicians. --- Linguists. --- Grassmann, Hermann, --- Grassmann, Hermann Gunther, --- Mathematics. --- History. --- History of Mathematical Sciences. --- Philologists --- Scientists --- Annals --- Auxiliary sciences of history --- Math --- Science

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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. This biography of Houtermans was written by Edoardo Amaldi and was almost finished just before his unexpected death in 1989. The editors have only corrected typographical errors and have introduced only minimal text changes in order to preserve the original content. Additionally they have collected and included unpublished pictures and memories from Houtermans’ students and collaborators. The text is the result of a thorough and intensive study on Houtermans’ life and character carried out by Edoardo Amaldi. It is more than a biography, since the figure of Houtermans is set in a historical perspective of Europe between the two world wars. This book will be of great interest to historians and historians of science.

Houtermans, F. G. (Friedrich Georg), 1903 - 1966. --- Isotope geology. --- Physicists -- Germany -- Biography. --- Physics --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- Physics - General --- Physicists --- Houtermans, F. G. --- Houtermans, Friedrich Georg, --- Houtermans, Fritz, --- Khoutermans, Fridrikh, --- Physics. --- Astronomy. --- Astrophysics. --- Cosmology. --- Nuclear physics. --- History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics. --- Physics, general. --- Particle and Nuclear Physics. --- Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology. --- Beck, F., --- Natural philosophy --- Philosophy, Natural --- Physical sciences --- Dynamics --- Astronomical physics --- Astronomy --- Cosmic physics --- Atomic nuclei --- Atoms, Nuclei of --- Nucleus of the atom

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Arnold Sommerfeld (1868-1951) belongs with Max Planck (1858-1947), Albert Einstein (1879-1955) and Niels Bohr (1885-1962) among the founders of modern theoretical physics, a science that developed into a budding discipline during his lifetime. Sommerfeld witnessed many of the most dramatic scientific, cultural and political events of this era. His correspondence with his family offers a vivid testament to the challenges and joys of a life in science. This biography attempts to reconstruct Sommerfeld’s life and work not only from the perspective of his achievements in theoretical physics but also with the goal of portraying the career of a scientist within the social and political environment in which it evolved. It is based to a large extent on Sommerfeld’s voluminous correspondence, which sheds light both on his private and scientific life. Furthermore, it provides an authentic view on the circumstances that shaped Sommerfeld’s career in different places – Königsberg, Göttingen, Clausthal, Aachen, Munich – and in different institutional and disciplinary settings – mineralogy, mathematics, engineering, physics. Although this biography is not a study of Sommerfeld’s school, it also renders transparent what made this group of physicists so unique and gave its founder the aura of a charismatic teacher. This becomes particularly evident in the reverence with which he was received by his hosts during his travels all over the world – travels that Sommerfeld perceived as cultural missions. International politics, personal zeal and scientific interests became closely entangled at such occasions. Such an entanglement is by no means uncommon in the history of science – but it is rarely observed so persistently as in Sommerfeld’s case.

Physicists -- Germany -- Biography. --- Physics -- Germany -- History. --- Quantum theory. --- Sommerfeld, Arnold, 1868-1951. --- Physicists --- Physics --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- Atomic Physics --- History --- Sommerfeld, Arnold, --- Sommerfeld, Arnold Johannes Wilhelm, --- Sommerfeld, A. --- Zommerfelʹd, A. --- Physics. --- Mathematical physics. --- Gravitation. --- Quantum physics. --- Fluids. --- Quantum Physics. --- History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics. --- Mathematical Physics. --- Fluid- and Aerodynamics. --- Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory. --- Quantum dynamics --- Quantum mechanics --- Quantum physics --- Mechanics --- Thermodynamics --- Field theory (Physics) --- Matter --- Antigravity --- Centrifugal force --- Relativity (Physics) --- Hydraulics --- Hydrostatics --- Permeability --- Physical mathematics --- Natural philosophy --- Philosophy, Natural --- Physical sciences --- Dynamics --- Properties --- Mathematics --- Sommerfeld, Arnold. --- Germany. --- Alemania --- Ashkenaz --- BRD --- Bu̇gd Naĭramdakh German Uls --- Bundesrepublik Deutschland --- Deguo --- Deutsches Reich --- Deutschland --- Doitsu --- Doitsu Renpō Kyōwakoku --- Federal Republic of Germany --- Federalʹna Respublika Nimechchyny --- FRN --- Gėrman --- German Uls --- Germania --- Germanii︠a︡ --- Germanyah --- Gjermani --- Grossdeutsches Reich --- Jirmānīya --- KhBNGU --- Kholboony Bu̇gd Naĭramdakh German Uls --- Nimechchyna --- Repoblika Federalin'i Alemana --- República de Alemania --- República Federal de Alemania --- Republika Federal Alemmana --- Vācijā --- Veĭmarskai︠a︡ Respublika --- Weimar Republic --- Weimarer Republik --- Germany (East) --- Germany (West) --- Europe --- Bu̇gd Naĭramdakh German Uls --- Doitsu Renpō Kyōwakoku --- Federalʹna Respublika Nimechchyny --- Gėrman --- Germanii︠a︡ --- Jirmānīya --- Kholboony Bu̇gd Naĭramdakh German Uls --- República de Alemania --- República Federal de Alemania --- Vācijā --- Veĭmarskai︠a︡ Respublika