Dieter Nightingale

Dieter K. Nachtigall (born February 4, 1927 in Berge im Havelland (now Nauen); † July 26, 2010 in Wickede- Wiehagen) was Professor of Physics Education at the University of Dortmund .

Nachtigall was drafted as a soldier in the last year of the Second World War and was first captured by the British and then by the Soviets, from which he escaped. After the war he started working as a new teacher and was allowed to study at the Humboldt University in Berlin from 1950 . He took part in the June 17 uprising but was able to continue studying. After graduating in 1956, he went to Dresden to do his doctorate , but went to the West before graduating in 1959. He worked at the nuclear research center in Jülich and received his doctorate in 1964 from RWTH Aachen University . He then worked at CERN for a few years , then switched to Euratom . In 1971 he became a professor at the Pädagogische Hochschule Ruhr , which merged with the University of Dortmund in 1980. In 1992 he retired .

Nachtigall worked internationally, in particular he campaigned for physics teacher training in Africa and Asia. For this commitment he was awarded the medal of the International Commission for Physics Education in 1998. He was the first German to receive this medal.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c At home all over the world as a physics teacher . In: Soester Anzeiger . Jahn, Soest July 27, 2010 ( soester-anzeiger.de [accessed January 13, 2011]).
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Obituary for Günther Nachtigall . In: Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft (Hrsg.): Physik Journal . Volume 10, January 2011, ISSN 1617-9439 , p. 44 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c Helmut Kühnelt: Dieter Nachtigall 75 . In: Association for the promotion of physical and chemical teaching (ed.): Plus lucis . No. 1 , 2002, ISSN 1606-3015 , p. 29 ( univie.ac.at [PDF; accessed on January 13, 2011]).

personal data
SURNAME	Nightingale, Dieter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Nightingale, Dieter K.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German nuclear physicist and physics didactician
DATE OF BIRTH	February 4, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH	Mountains in the Havelland
DATE OF DEATH	July 26, 2010
Place of death	Wickede (Ruhr)

[Soest-1] At home all over the world as a physics teacher . In: Soester Anzeiger . Jahn, Soest July 27, 2010 ( soester-anzeiger.de [accessed January 13, 2011]).

[DPG-2] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Obituary for Günther Nachtigall . In: Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft (Hrsg.): Physik Journal . Volume 10, January 2011, ISSN 1617-9439 , p. 44 .

[Univie-3] Helmut Kühnelt: Dieter Nachtigall 75 . In: Association for the promotion of physical and chemical teaching (ed.): Plus lucis . No. 1 , 2002, ISSN 1606-3015 , p. 29 ( univie.ac.at [PDF; accessed on January 13, 2011]).