Friedrich / James / Steinhauser One Hundred Years at the Intersection of Chemistry and Physics

The Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society 1911-2011
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-3-11-023954-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 322 Seiten

This volume, occasioned by the centenary of the Fritz Haber Institute, formerly the Institute for Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, covers the Institute's scientific and institutional history from its founding in 1911 as one the earliest institutes of the Kaiser Wilhelm Society, through its renaming for its founding director in 1952 and incorporation in the Max Planck Society, until the present. The Institute's pace-setting research in physical chemistry and chemical physics has been shaped by dozens of distinguished scientists, among them seven Nobel Laureates.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Friedrich, Bretislav

James, Jeremiah

Steinhauser, Thomas

Hoffmann, Dieter

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Chemische Physik
• Naturwissenschaften Chemie Physikalische Chemie
• Naturwissenschaften Chemie Chemie Allgemein Geschichte der Chemie
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Physik Allgemein Geschichte der Physik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Prehistory-1918: covers what preceded the founding of the institute (and the KWG) and the founding itself; the first three years prior to WWI; and the WWI war research, including gas warfare. 2. 1918-1933: covers the "first golden era" of the institute when the institute was at the forefront of research in physical chemistry 3. 1933-1945: covers the Nazi era and WWII 4. 1945-1969: covers the aftermath of WWII and the "patchwork" institute 5. 1969-1987: from Heinz Gerischer to BESSY/Alex Bradshaw to Gerhard Ertl 6: 1987-present: the current era

Über Autor(innen)

Jeremiah James and Thomas Steinhauser,Fritz Haber Institute of Max Planck Institute, Berlin, Germany; Dieter Hoffmann, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science and Humboldt University Berlin, Germany; Bretislav Friedrich, Fritz Haber Instituteof Max Planck Institute andTechnische Universitaet Berlin, Germany.