Hanle, Wilhelm on 1979 May 23 to June 2: in German.
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Abstract/Description: | Youth in Mannheim; studies in Heidelberg; conflict with Philip P. Lenard; doctoral work in Gottingen under James Franck; the Hanle effect; brief stay in Tubingen; position in Halle with Gustav L. Hertz, and then in Jens, Gottingen and Giessen during scientifically and politically eventful years in Germany; work in Jena on the excitation function and response to Otto Hahn's discovery of fission and the giessen; reconstruction of the university; range of scientific work since the war, especially level crossing techniques and dosimetry; the development of nuclear power; comments on the DDR; current political outlook. |
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Subject(s): | Franck, James, 1882-1964 Hahn, Otto, 1879-1968 Hanle, Wilhelm, 1901- Hertz, Gustav, 1887- Lenard, Philipp, 1862-1947 Universität Göttingen Universität Heidelberg Atomic spectroscopy Fluorescence Level-crossing spectroscopy Nuclear energy Nuclear fission Nuclear physics Radiation dosimetry World War, 1939-1945 -- Science |
Title: | Hanle, Wilhelm on 1979 May 23 to June 2: in German. | |
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Name(s): | Hanle, Wilhelm, 1901- | |
Type of Resource: | mixed material | |
Genre: |
Oral histories. Interviews. Sound recordings. Transcripts. |
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Issuance: | monographic | |
Date Created: | 1979 | |
Extent: |
Transcript: 160 pages. Audio recording: 4 cassettes (8 hours). |
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Abstract/Description: | Youth in Mannheim; studies in Heidelberg; conflict with Philip P. Lenard; doctoral work in Gottingen under James Franck; the Hanle effect; brief stay in Tubingen; position in Halle with Gustav L. Hertz, and then in Jens, Gottingen and Giessen during scientifically and politically eventful years in Germany; work in Jena on the excitation function and response to Otto Hahn's discovery of fission and the giessen; reconstruction of the university; range of scientific work since the war, especially level crossing techniques and dosimetry; the development of nuclear power; comments on the DDR; current political outlook. | |
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Interview conducted by Branda P. Winnewisser, 23 May to 2 June 1979. 10" reel. Bethesda, Md.: Cutting Corp., 2006. Original recording remastered onto 8 10" reels. In German. Includes table of contents. |
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Subject(s): |
Franck, James, 1882-1964 Hahn, Otto, 1879-1968 Hanle, Wilhelm, 1901- Hertz, Gustav, 1887- Lenard, Philipp, 1862-1947 Universität Göttingen Universität Heidelberg Atomic spectroscopy Fluorescence Level-crossing spectroscopy Nuclear energy Nuclear fission Nuclear physics Radiation dosimetry World War, 1939-1945 -- Science |
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Library Classification: | OH 4655 | |
Held by: | American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives. One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA | |
Restrictions on Access: |
In footnotes or endnotes please cite AIP interviews like this: Interview of Wilhelm Hanle by Brenda P. Winnewisser on 1979 May 23 to June 2, Niels Bohr Library & Archives, American Institute of Physics, College Park, MD USA, http://repository.aip.org/islandora/object/nbla:266550 Oral history interview may be read by any researcher with an approved access application on file, but copies and quotes may not be made, except with the written permission of the Institute. |
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