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Heintze, Joachim, DeKieviet, Maarten and Hüfner, Jörg: Geschichte der Physik an der Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg: Heidelberg University Publishing, 2019. https://doi.org/10.17885/heiup.441

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https://doi.org/10.17885/heiup.441
https://doi.org/10.17885/heiup.441.653 (PDF)
ISBN 978-3-947732-27-2 (PDF)
ISBN 978-3-947732-28-9 (Softcover)
ISBN 978-3-947732-29-6 (Hardcover)
https://doi.org/10.17885/heiup.441.832 (HTML)

Published

09/11/2019

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Authors

Joachim Heintze, Maarten DeKieviet, Jörg Hüfner

Geschichte der Physik an der Universität Heidelberg

More than 600 years of physics and astronomy at the University of Heidelberg: From the late middle ages to the present times, from the study of Aristotelian physics to experiments at the accelerators in Geneva. The university experienced ups and downs, until its physics faculty finally became the largest one in Germany. During the Thirty Years' War, the university was closed, and during the times of National Socialism, Heidelberg became the centre of “German physics”. Scientific highlights were the deciphering of the spectra of star light by Bunsen und Kirchhoff and the discovery of the nuclear shell model by Jensen, who won the Nobel prize.

Joachim Heintze (deceased 2012) was a professor for experimental particle physics at Heidelberg University from 1964 to 1991.

Maarten DeKieviet is a lecturer and academic director at the Institute of Physics of Heidelberg University.

Jörg Hüfner was a professor for theoretical nuclear physics at Heidelberg University from 1973 to 2003.

Chapters

Table of Contents
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Titelei
Vorwort
7–8
Inhaltsverzeichnis
9
1. Physik an einer mittelalterlichen Universität (1300–1500)
11–36
2. Die Universität Heidelberg in turbulenten Zeiten (1500–1750)
37–49
3. Zunehmende Bedeutung der Naturwissenschaften (1750–1900)
51–89
4. Die Heidelberger Physik in der ersten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts (1900–1945)
91–113
5. Gelungener Neuanfang (1945–1960)
115–137
6. Expansion der Universitäten und Beginn der Großforschung (1960–2000)
139–158
7. Das Geschehen in den einzelnen Instituten (1960–2000)
159–205
8. Rückblick
207–208
Danksagungen
209
Bibliographie
211–217
Abbildungsnachweise
219–221
Personenregister
223–226