A focus of discoveries / Rudolf P. Huebener, Heinz Lübbig.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Huebener, R. P. (Rudolf Peter), 1931-

Contributor:

Lübbig, H., 1932-

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 (206 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Singapore : World Scientific, c2012.

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

Contents:

Preamble; Preface; Contents; 1. The Foundation and the Key Role of Werner Siemens; 2. Some Memoranda at the Beginning; Vote of the Herr Geheimer Regierungsrath Dr. Werner Siemens (April 1883); Vote of the Chief of the Trigonometric Department of the Royal Survey, Herrn Oberstlieutenant Schreiber (May 1883); The Dependence of the Royal Survey on the Advances in the Area of Precision Technique; Vote of the Herr Geheimer Regierungs-Rat Prof. Dr. von Helmholtz (June 1883); About the Tasks of the Scientific Section of the Projected Physical-Mechanical Institute

Memorandum concerning the Foundation of an Institute for the Experimental Promotion of Exact Natural Science and Precision Technique. (Physical-Mechanical Institute) of June 16, 1883I. General; Memorandum concerning the Foundation of a "Physikalisch- Technische Reichsanstalt" for the Experimental Promotion of Exact Natural Science and Precision Technique; 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 Elements8. The Laboratory for Radioactivity; 9. The Imperial Institute and Albert Einstein; Einstein's Arrival in Berlin and the Prehistory; The Einstein - de Haas Experiment 1915; The Coincidence Experiment by Geiger and Bothe 1925; December 1932 - a Depressing Epilogue; 10. Counting and Measuring - Quantum Statistics and Quantum Standards; The Two Sides of the Particle Concept; Schrödinger's Parable of Quantum Statistics; Electric Quantum Units; 11. Fundamental Constants - the Best Information on Nature Available; A Planck-Einstein Dispute

Reality as the Maximum Information AvailableA Resumé; 12. The Meter Convention for the Global Consistency of Measurements; 13. The Presidents of the Institute until 1933; Hermann von Helmholtz: President 1888 - 1894; Friedrich Kohlrausch: President 1895 - 1905; Emil Warburg: President 1905 - 1922; Walther Nernst: President 1922 - 1924; Friedrich Paschen: President 1924 - 1933; 14. The Institute under the Nazi Dictatorship and a New Beginning; 15. The Electromagnetic Quantum Triangle - Quantum Standards from the Perspective of Ohm's Law; A Metamorphosis of Electrical Base Units

Physical ImplicationsDiscoveries Paving the Way; Conclusion; Literature; Name Index; About the Authors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789814390507

981439050X

OCLC:

793804732