Essays Tagged: "german physicist"
The "Flip-side" of Power An essay on the conflict of power and safety in Macbeth
Recently I read an article which talks about a German physicist named Werner Heisenberg. He discovered an analogous phenomenon with his uncertainty ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Macbeth
In October 1859, German physicist Gustav Kirchhoff announced the results of his investigations with chemist Robert Bunsen on the dark lines that interrupt the otherwise continuous solar spectrum.
In October 1859, German physicist Gustav Kirchhoff announced the results of his investigations with chemist Robert Bu ... These lines had puzzled practitioners and theorists alike since they were first observed in 1814 by German optician Josef von Fraunhofer (2).----------------------------------------------------------- ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry
This essay is about the Celestial Spectroscopy: making reality fit the myth
In October 1859, German physicist Gustav Kirchhoff announced the results of his investigations with chemist Robert Bu ... These lines had puzzled practitioners and theorists alike since they were first observed in 1814 by German optician Josef von Fraunhofer (2).Now it seemed that Bunsen and Kirchhoff had finally confirm ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences
Short Max Planck biography for Chemistry class
Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck (1858 - 1947) was a German physicist who was of the first people to contribute to the invention of quantum theory. After ... as awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1918 for his work. From 1905 to 1909 Planck was the head of the German Physical Society. Then, in 1913, Planck became head of Berlin University.Planck's work opened ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry
Electromagnetic Radiation Assignment: X-Rays - The history of x-rays, how they can help health services + science, why they exist, how to detect x-rays.
X-rays, the savior of hospitals, the scientific interest of many. In October 1895 a German physicist named Wilhelm Konrad Roentgen stood round a device called a Crooke's tube, trying t ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Physics
Heinrich Rudolf Hertz
Heinrich Rudolf Hertz February 22, 1857 - January 1, 1894 was the German physicist and mechanic for whom the hertz, an SI unit, was named after. In 1886, Hertz develo ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Physics
Ludwig Von Beethoven
Robert Reininger and Moritz Schlick, Ludwig completed his doctorate in 1926 writing a thesis on the German physicist and philosopher Gustav Theodor Fechner. (Ludwig von Bertalanffy (1901--1972)Since e ... as chief editor of Handbuch der Biologie. His works were translated in major languages like French, German, Spanish, English, Dutch and Japanese. He served in various research and teaching positions i ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy
Superconductivity
quid helium is used to cool them. This, however, can be quite inefficient and quite costly. In 1986 German physicist, J. Georg Bednroz and Swiss physicist, K. Alex Muller found superconductivity in ce ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Physics
E. Coli (escherichia coli)
ins produce a powerful toxin and can cause severe illness.E. coli was first recognised in 1982 by a German physicist by the name of Theodor von Escherich (1857-1911). The bacteria was named after him. ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Biology
Paradigm Shifts in Cancer Treatment and Research
e almost impossible to detect cancer, let alone treat it.X-rays were first developed in 1896 by the German physicist Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen where "X" stood for an algebraic symbol for an unknown. The ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine