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Aufbruch und Zerstörung
Mit dem vorliegenden Band legt der Autor eine Auswahl seiner Aufsatze der letzten drei Jahrzehnte zur Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften in Osterreich von 1850 bis 1950 vor. HErvorzuheben ist die Zeiten und Facher ubergreifende Perspektive, die es dem Autor erlaubt, die Wissenschaftsentwicklung aus dem Blickwinkel von Aufbruch und Zerstorung zu rekonstruieren. Die Zerstorung der Wissenschaftskultur durch die Machtubernahme der Nationalsozialisten 1938 und die Restrukturierung des wissenschaftlichen Lebens in Osterreich nach 1945 stehen im Fokus einer detailreichen Darstellung der Wissenschaften unter wechselnd politischen Bedingungen. "Wolfgang Reiter hat ... Ein einzigartiges und nachhaltig wirksames Bild von der osterreichischen Wissenschaftsgeschichte gezeichnet, das im vorliegenden Buch durch die Leserin und den Leser neu betrachtet werden kann." (Johannes Feichtinger, Osterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften)
How Did Meyer Survive?
Der österreichische Physiker Stefan Meyer gilt als Pionier der Erforschung der Radioaktivität. Gemeinsam mit Franz S. Exner leitete er das berühmte Institut für Radiumforschung – bis zu seiner Pensionierung 1938. Als die Emigration des Wissenschaftlers jüdischer Herkunft scheitert, flieht Meyer aus seinem bürgerlichen Umfeld in Wien in die Provinzstadt Bad Ischl. Enteignung, Verfolgung und der Versuch, eine »nichtjüdische Herkunft« zu beweisen: Stefan Meyers Biografie beschreibt den alltäglichen beharrlichen Kampf ums Überleben eines Wissenschaftlers in Österreich während des Nationalsozialismus. Auf zahlreiche Archivmaterialien gestützt, zeigen Wolfgang Reiters ausführliche Recherchen die teils verschlungenen Aktionen Meyers, den zunehmenden Bedrohungen der Nazis zu entkommen. Dabei zeigt der Autor auch, wie eng die österreichische Wissenschaftsgeschichte mit dem persönlichen Überlebenskampf der Familie Meyer verknüpft ist.
Boltzmann's Legacy
Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann (1844-1906) was an Austrian physicist famous for his founding contributions in the fields of statistical mechanics and statistical thermodynamics. He was one of the most important advocates for atomic theory when that scientific model was still highly controversial. To commemorate the 100th anniversary of his death in Duino, the International Symposium ``Boltzmann's Legacy'' was held at the Erwin Schrodinger International Institute for Mathematical Physics in June 2006. This text covers a broad spectrum of topics ranging from equilibrium statistical and nonequilibrium statistical physics, ergodic theory and chaos to basic questions of biology and historical accounts of Boltzmann's work. Besides the lectures presented at the symposium the volume also contains contributions specially written for this occasion. The articles give a broad overview of Boltzmann's legacy to the sciences from the standpoint of some of today's leading scholars in the field. The book addresses students and researchers in mathematics, physics, and the history of science.
Erwin Schrödinger
Erwin Schrodinger (1887-1961) was an Austrian physicist famous for the equation named after him and which earned him the Nobel Prize in 1933. This book contains lectures presented at the international symposium ``Erwin Schrodinger --50 Years After'', held at the Erwin Schrodinger International Institute for Mathematical Physics in January 2011 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Schrodinger's death. The text covers a broad spectrum of topics ranging from personal reminiscences to foundational questions about quantum mechanics and historical accounts of Schrodinger's work. Besides the lectures presented at the symposium the volume also contains articles specially written for this occasion. The contributions give an overview of Schrodinger's legacy to the sciences from the standpoint of some contemporary leading scholars in the field.
Devotion to Their Science
A Devotion to Their Science includes biographical essays on twenty-three women who worked in atomic science during the first two decades of the twentieth century, including Marie Curie, Lise Meitner, Irène Joliot-Curie, and a host of lesser-known women scientists whose life stories have never before been told. The biographies highlight the lives and work of these women, noting their contributions and the challenges they faced and overcame. Taken together the essays record their collective experiences, highlighting the support network that developed among them and the reasons women were more predominant in this field than in other sciences in the early part of this century. By recovering and recording individual and collective histories of the many eminent women in radioactivity whose work had a major impact on the scientific discoveries of the twentieth century, a more complete, gender-integrated view of the history of this fascinating field emerges.
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Lise Meitner
Traces the life of Jewish physicist Lise Meitner, who had to flee Nazi Germany, codiscovered nuclear fission with Otto Hahn and Fritz Strassmann, but was denied recognition when the work received a Nobel Prize.
Biopolitics in Central and Eastern Europe in the 20th Century
The field of biopolitics encompasses issues from health and hygiene, birth rates, fertility and sexuality, life expectancy and demography to eugenics and racial regimes. This book is the first to provide a comprehensive view on these issues for Central and Eastern Europe in the twentieth century. The cataclysms of imperial collapse, World War(s) and the Holocaust but also the rise of state socialism after 1945 provided extraordinary and distinct conditions for the governing of life and death. The volume collects the latest research and empirical studies from the region to showcase the diversity of biopolitical regimes in their regional and global context – from hunger relief for Hungarian ...
