Fortschritte und Problem der Atomforschung

Stark, Johannes [1874-1957]

Published by Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1931

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22x14cm, viii,112 pages, Some page-edge spotting. Foxed. Worn. Cover scratched. Some cover spots and stains. Good. ["Stark was a German physicist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1919 'for his discovery of the Doppler effect in canal rays and the splitting of spectral lines in electric fields'. This phenomenon is known as the Stark effect. .,It was Stark who, as the editor of the Jahrbuch der Radioaktivität und Elektronik, asked in 1907, then still rather unknown, Albert Einstein to write a review article on the principle of relativity. Stark seemed impressed by relativity and Einstein's earlier work when he quoted "the principle of relativity formulated by H. A. Lorentz and A. Einstein" and "Planck's relationship M0 = E0/c2" in his 1907 paper in Physikalische Zeitschrift, where he used the equation e0 = m0c2 to calculate an "elementary quantum of energy", i.e. the amount of energy related to the mass of an electron at rest. While working on his article, Einstein began a line of thought that would eventually lead to his generalized theory of relativity, which in turn became (after its confirmation) the start of Einstein's worldwide fame. This is ironic, given Stark's later work as an anti-Einstein and anti-relativity propagandist in the Deutsche Physik movement.,.From 1924 onwards, Stark supported Hitler. During the Nazi regime, Stark attempted to become the Führer of German physics through the Deutsche Physik ('German physics') movement (along with fellow Nobel laureate Philipp Lenard) against the 'Jewish physics' of Albert Einstein and Werner Heisenberg (who was not Jewish). .,.In 1947, following the defeat of Germany in World War II, Stark was classified as a "Major Offender" and received a sentence of four years' imprisonment (later suspended) by a denazification court" - wikipedia]. Seller Inventory # 000901

Bibliographic Details

Title: Fortschritte und Problem der Atomforschung

Publisher: Johann Ambrosius Barth

Publication Date: 1931

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Good