East German People - Gustav Ludwig Hertz, Manfred Von Ardenne, List of East Germany International Footballers, Werner Hartmann, Heinz Pose (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 24. Chapters: Gustav Ludwig Hertz, Manfred von Ardenne, List of East Germany international footballers, Werner Hartmann, Heinz Pose, Bill Kaulitz, Ernst Rexer, Wolfgang Stumph, Sigmund Jahn, Wolfgang Vogel, Wolfgang Uhlmann, Detlef Soost, Chris Gueffroy, Heinz Sokolowski, Jakob Segal, Rudi Arnstadt, Gunter Nooke, Holm Singer, Konrad Wolf, Jurgen Grobler, Moritz Waldemeyer, Manfred Hoeppner, Frank Schobel, Heinrich Fink, Marienetta Jirkowsky, Aljosha Rompe. Excerpt: Manfred von Ardenne (January 20, 1907 in Hamburg - May 26, 1997 in Dresden) was a German research and applied physicist and inventor. He took out approximately 600 patents in fields including electron microscopy, medical technology, nuclear technology, plasma physics, and radio and television technology. From 1928 to 1945, he directed his private research laboratory Forschungslaboratorium fur Elektronenphysik. For ten years after World War II, he worked in the Soviet Union on their atomic bomb project and was awarded a Stalin Prize. Upon his return to Germany, he started another private laboratory, Forschungsinstitut Manfred von Ardenne. The stormy life of von Ardenne's grandmother, Elisabeth von Ardenne (1853-1952), is said to have been be the inspiration for Effi Briest by Theodor Fontane, one of the most famous German realist novels. Born in 1907 in Hamburg to a wealthy, aristocratic family, Ardenne was the oldest of five children. In 1913, Ardenne's father, assigned to the Kriegsministerium, moved to Berlin. From Ardenne's earliest youth, he was intrigued by any form of technology, and this was fostered by his parents. Ardenne's early education was at home through private teachers. In Berlin, from 1919, Ardenne attended the Realgymnasium, where he pursued his interests in physics and technology. In a school competition, he submitted models of a camera and an alarm ...