The Adventurous Life of Friedrich Georg Houtermans, Physicist (1903-1966)

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Amaldi, Edoardo (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Braccini, Saverio (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Ereditato, Antonio (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Scampoli, Paola (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Σειρά: SpringerBriefs in Physics,
• Θέματα: Physics.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Nuclear physics.; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.; Physics, general.; Particle and Nuclear Physics.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.

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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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.