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| Genre/Form: | Electronic books Biography |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | F G Houtermans |
| Material Type: | Biography, Document, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Edoardo Amaldi; S Braccini; Antonio Ereditato; Paola Scampoli |
| ISBN: | 9783642328558 3642328555 |
| OCLC Number: | 827269513 |
| Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Contents: | 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.R.R.S. -- 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 World-Wide 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 Berne -- Why We Remember Him. |
| Series Title: | SpringerBriefs in physics. |
| Responsibility: | Edoardo Amaldi ; edited by Saverio Braccini, Antonio Ereditato, Paola Scampoli. |
Abstract:
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 book tells his story.
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- Houtermans, F. G. -- (Friedrich Georg), -- 1903-
- Physicists -- Biography.
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Science & Technology
- SCIENCE / Energy
- SCIENCE / Mechanics / General
- SCIENCE / Physics / General
- Physics.
- Astronomy.
- Particle and Nuclear Physics.
- Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.
