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A focus of discoveries / Rudolf P. Huebener, Heinz Luebbig.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Huebener, R. P. (Rudolf Peter), 1931-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Physical laboratories--Germany--Berlin--History.
- Physical laboratories.
- Physics--Research--Germany--Berlin--History.
- Physics.
- Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (Germany)--History.
- Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (Germany).
- Physikalisch-Technische Reichsanstalt (Germany)--History.
- Physikalisch-Technische Reichsanstalt (Germany).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (196 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In 1887, the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) was originally founded as the Physikalisch-Technische Reichsanstalt (PTR) in Berlin in order to promote basic research in physics. It subsequently developed into the largest research center worldwide as a place where scientists could concentrate exclusively on their research subject, and served as a model for similar institutes established in other countries.Within a very short time, the PTR produced extremely important scientific results that cemented its international position at the top, such as Max Planck's radiation law and energy q
- Contents:
- Preamble; Preface; Contents; 1. The Foundation and the Key Role of Werner Siemens; 2. Some Memoranda at the Beginning; 3. The Start under President Hermann von Helmholtz; 4. The Institute as a Model; 5. The Optical Laboratory and the Birth of Quantum Theory; 6. The Low-Temperature Laboratory and the Discovery of the Meissner Effect; 7. The Chemical Laboratory and the Discovery of New Elements; 8. The Laboratory for Radioactivity; 9. The Imperial Institute and Albert Einstein; 10. Counting and Measuring - Quantum Statistics and Quantum Standards
- 11. Fundamental Constants - the Best Information on Nature Available12. The Meter Convention for the Global Consistency of Measurements; 13. The Presidents of the Institute until 1933; 14. The Institute under the Nazi Dictatorship and a New Beginning; Literature; Name Index; About the Authors
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-180) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786611938314
- 9781281938312
- 1281938319
- 9789812790354
- 9812790357
- OCLC:
- 441827140
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