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- Unique biography of F. G. Houtermans
- Goes beyond the biography of Houtermans and gives a clear picture of the life of scientists between the two world wars
- Contains unpublished original pictures and original memories from students and collaborators
- Provides unique information to historians and historians of physics
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Physics (SpringerBriefs in Physics)
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Table of contents (22 chapters)
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Front Matter
About this book
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 biography of Houtermans was written by Edoardo Amaldi and was almost finished just before his unexpected death in 1989. The editors have only corrected typographical errors and have introduced only minimal text changes in order to preserve the original content. Additionally they have collected and included unpublished pictures and memories from Houtermans’ students and collaborators. The text is the result of a thorough and intensive study on Houtermans’ life and character carried out by Edoardo Amaldi. It is more than a biography, since the figure of Houtermans is set in a historical perspective of Europe between the two world wars. This book will be of great interest to historians and historians of science.
Authors, Editors and Affiliations
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, Laboratory for High Energy Physics, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Saverio Braccini, Antonio Ereditato
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, Department of Physics, University of Naples, Napoli, Italy
Paola Scampoli
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Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Edoardo Amaldi
About the editors
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Adventurous Life of Friedrich Georg Houtermans, Physicist (1903-1966)
Authors: Edoardo Amaldi
Editors: Saverio Braccini, Antonio Ereditato, Paola Scampoli
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Physics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32855-8
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s) 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-32854-1Published: 07 February 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-32855-8Published: 30 January 2013
Series ISSN: 2191-5423
Series E-ISSN: 2191-5431
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 152
Number of Illustrations: 20 b/w illustrations
Topics: History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics, Physics, general, Particle and Nuclear Physics, Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology