Ernst Gehrcke
Ernst Johann Gehrcke (born July 1, 1878 in Berlin , † January 25, 1960 near Berlin) was a German physicist . Along with Paul Weyland , Philipp Lenard and Johannes Stark, Gehrcke was one of the best-known anti-relativists , physicists and chemists who rejected the theory of relativity .
Life
Gehrcke worked at the Physikalisch-Technische Reichsanstalt in Berlin from 1901 to 1946 . There he held positions as an assistant, "technical assistant" (comparable to a current scientific employee), head of the laboratory, head of department and director of the optical department. At the same time he pursued his university career : 1904 habilitation and work as a private lecturer . Then in 1921 he was appointed associate professor .
Gehrcke has published numerous works, including a. the theory of atomic nuclei , mass suggestion of the theory of relativity , manual of physical optics and physics and epistemology . After the Second World War he worked at the University of Jena , and from 1949 in West Berlin . From 1950 he worked in the German Office for Weights and Measures of the GDR in Berlin, most recently as a freelance research assistant.
He died near Berlin in 1960.
Fonts
- Handbook of physical optics . Barth, Leipzig (1927–1928).
- Critique of the theory of relativity: Collected writings on absolute and relative motion . Meusser, Berlin 1924.
- The mass suggestion of the theory of relativity: cultural-historical-psychological documents . Meuser, Berlin 1924.
- Glow discharge - the positive column (= handbook of radiology . Volume 3 ). Academic Publishing Company, Leipzig 1916.
- The rays of positive electricity . Hirzel, Leipzig 1909.
- The application of interferences in spectroscopy and metrology . Vieweg, Braunschweig 1906.
literature
- Ernst Lau: Gehrcke, Ernst Johann. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 6, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1964, ISBN 3-428-00187-7 , p. 136 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Anke te Heesen : DADA / EINSTEIN - A physicist on paper . In: Michael Hagner (ed.): Einstein on the Beach - The physicist as a phenomenon . Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2004, ISBN 3-596-16515-6 , pp. 40–56.
- Anke te Heesen: The newspaper clipping. A modern paper object. Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2006, ISBN 3-596-16584-9 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Ernst Gehrcke in the catalog of the German National Library
- The Ernst Gehrcke Papers (digital copies)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ernst Gehrcke in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely available)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gehrcke, Ernst |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gehrcke, Ernst Johann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 1, 1878 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 25, 1960 |
| Place of death | near Berlin |