A Focus Of Discoveries

, by Huebener, Rudolf P.; Luebbig, Heinz

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ISBN: 9789812790347 | 9812790349
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 7/2/2008

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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.

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Preamble	p. v
Preface	p. vii
The Foundation and the Key Role of Werner Siemens	p. 1
Some Memoranda at the Beginning	p. 9
The Start under President Hermann von Helmholtz	p. 35
The Institute as a Model	p. 45
The Optical Laboratory and the Birth of Quantum Theory	p. 47
The Low-Temperature Laboratory and the Discovery of the Meissner Effect	p. 61
The Chemical Laboratory and the Discovery of New Elements	p. 79
The Laboratory for Radioactivity	p. 91
The Imperial Institute and Albert Einstein	p. 105
Counting and Measuring - Quantum Statistics and Quantum Standards	p. 127
Fundamental Constants - the Best Information on Nature Available	p. 135
The Meter Convention for the Global Consistency of Measurements	p. 145
The Presidents of the Institute until 1933	p. 155
The Institute under the Nazi Dictatorship and a New Beginning	p. 171
Literature	p. 179
Name Index	p. 181
About the Authors	p. 185
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