Friedrich Herneck

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Friedrich Herneck (born February 16, 1909 in Brüx ; † September 18, 1993 in Berlin ) was a German historian of science who was best known for his research on the history of natural sciences and his biographical contributions to Ernst Mach and Albert Einstein .

Live and act

Friedrich Herneck passed his Abitur in 1928 and then studied natural sciences and philosophy at the German University in Prague . From 1934 to 1938 he worked as a freelancer in theaters. In 1940 he joined the NSDAP . In 1941 he was awarded the title of Dr. at the University of Erlangen with the work The German Stage Sounding of the Last Fifty Years, determined from recordings by important stage speakers. phil. PhD .

After the Second World War he was a teacher at the State Party School of the SED Brandenburg from 1946 to 1952 and lecturer in dialectical materialism at the “Karl Liebknecht” University of Education in Potsdam from 1952 to 1954 . From 1954 he taught at the Humboldt University in Berlin , where he was dismissed in 1958 on charges of revisionism . The reason was his work on the chemist Wilhelm Ostwald and Ernst Mach as well as his support for the positions of Robert Havemann . However, the dismissal was withdrawn and converted into a revocation of the license to teach. In 1961 he completed his habilitation with the thesis The chemist Wilhelm Ostwald and his struggle to spread a scientifically based worldview . From 1964 he was able to resume teaching as a lecturer. In 1967 he was appointed professor for the history of natural sciences. In 1974 he retired .

Fonts

  • Albert Einstein. Buchverlag Der Morgen Berlin 1963. 3rd edition 1967. From 1974 to 1986 seven editions by Teubner, Leipzig. Several foreign-language editions (1966 Moscow, 1966 Ljubljana, 1968 Riga, 1969 Bratislava).
  • Pioneers of the atomic age. Buchverlag Der Morgen, Berlin 1965. 7th edition 1975.
  • The rectors of the Humboldt University in Berlin. Niemeyer, Halle (Saale) 1966.
  • Manfred von Ardenne. Union Verlag, Berlin 1971. 2nd edition 1972.
  • Adventure of knowledge. Book publisher Der Morgen, Berlin 1973.
  • Einstein and his worldview. Book publisher Der Morgen, Berlin 1976.
  • Einstein and the atomic bomb. Archenhold Observatory, Berlin-Treptow 1976.
  • Einstein private. Buchverlag Der Morgen, Berlin 1978. 4th edition 1990.
  • Max von Laue. Teubner, Leipzig 1979.
  • The holy curiosity. Memories, portraits, essays on the history of the natural sciences. Buchverlag Der Morgen, Berlin 1983. 2nd edition 1989.
  • History of science. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1984.
  • Hermann Wilhelm Vogel. Teubner, Leipzig 1984.
  • Three eminent naturalists from Berlin University. Emil du Bois-Reymond, Hermann von Helmholtz, Emil Fischer. Humboldt University, Berlin 1989.

Editions

  • with Willi Göber : research and work. Festschrift for the 150th anniversary of the Humboldt University in Berlin. 1810-1960. 3 volumes. German Science Publishing House, Berlin 1960.
  • Science versus belief in God. From the atheistic writings of Wilhelm Ostwald. Urania, Leipzig, Jena 1960.
  • with Otto Finger: From Liebig to Laue. The ethos and worldview of great German naturalists and doctors. Deutscher Verlag der Wissenschaften, Berlin 1963. 2nd edition 1963.

Honors

  • Dieter Schulze (Hrsg.): Scientific history colloquium on the occasion of the 75th birthday of Prof. em. Dr. habil. Friedrich Herneck. History of Science Colloquium. Theory of Science and Organization Section of the Humboldt University of Berlin, 1984.
  • Friedrich Herneck in memory. In: Journal for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine. Volume 2, Number 1, 1994, ISSN  0036-6978 , pp. 183-184.
  • Dieter Hoffmann : Friedrich Herneck (1909-1993). About difficulty writing truth. In: News sheet of the German Society for the History of Medicine, Natural Science and Technology eV Volume 46, Number 3, 1996, pp. 116–126.

literature

  • Karl-Friedrich Wessel, Martin Koch: Lies are generally the hallmark of our time. About an unpublished correspondence between Max Born and Friedrich Herneck. Interdisciplinary Institute for Philosophy of Science and Human ontogenetics, Humboldt University Berlin.
  • Dieter Hoffmann:  Herneck, Friedrich . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 1. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
  • Dieter B. Herrmann : Astronomer in two worlds. Autobiography. Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle (Saale) 2008, ISBN 978-3-89812-557-4 , p. 40ff., P. 77ff.
  • Andreas Wessel, Dieter B. Herrmann, Karl-Friedrich Wessel (eds.): Friedrich Herneck. A life in search of truth. Berlin studies on the philosophy of science and human ontogenetics, Volume 32. Logos, Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-8325-4147-7 .
  • Hannelore Bernhardt : About the scientific work of Friedrich Herneck. In: Friedrich Herneck. A life in search of truth. Logos, Berlin 2016, pp. 85-103.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Harry Waibel : Servants of many gentlemen: Former Nazi functionaries in the Soviet Zone / GDR. Lang, Frankfurt am Main 2011, ISBN 978-3-631-63542-1 , p. 135.
personal data
SURNAME Herneck, Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German science historian
DATE OF BIRTH February 16, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH Brus
DATE OF DEATH September 18, 1993
Place of death Berlin