Christian Georg Toepffer
Christian Georg Toepffer (born May 21, 1941 in Breslau ) is a German physicist .
Life and career
Toepffer is the son of the businessman Konrad Toepffer and his wife Brigitte geb. from Treutler. The family was moved to the Hamburg area as a result of the war. After graduating from the Stormarn School in Ahrensburg in 1960 , he began studying physics at the University of Hamburg . After the intermediate examination, he moved to the University of Freiburg im Breisgau , where he graduated in 1966. He then moved to the University of Frankfurt am Main , where he did his doctorate. He then took up his first professorship there.
Further stations of his teaching and research activities were: University of Virginia in Charlottesville (1967–1968); European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Geneva ; Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna , USSR (1970–1971); University of Witwatersrand , Johannesburg, South Africa (1974–1980); University of Erlangen from 1980 until retirement.
Toepffer's field of work is theoretical physics, in particular the theory of many-body systems and laser-plasma interactions. He was also active in university politics, wrote textbooks and was active as a journalist.
Works (excerpt)
- C. Toepffer: Dispersion Effects in the Eigenchannel Theory of Electron Scattering. Dissertation Frankfurt am Main 1967
- H. Nersisyan, C. Toepffer, G. Zwicknagel: Interactions between Charged Particles in a Magnetic Field. Springer, Berlin (2007)
- C. Toepffer: Script for Introduction to Theoretical Physics, Palm & Enke, Erlangen (1991)
- C. Toepffer: Deterministic chaos - structures in the unpredictable, Physik in our time 22, 223 (1991)
- C. Toepffer: Excellence, second round - The life lies of the university, FAZ, January 10, 2007, 33, online [1]
- C. Toepffer: In Gray Zones - Biography of a Manager, neobooks.com (2015)
- C. Toepffer: Friends, enemies, party friends - A day in the life of Prime Minister Peter W., neobooks.com (2015)
Web links
- Web presence, last accessed on January 20, 2016
- University entry
- Profile page (English)
- Literature by and about Christian Georg Toepffer in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Toepffer, Christian Georg |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Toepffer, Christian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 21, 1941 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wroclaw |