Friedrich Possible

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Memorial stone , Invalidenstrasse 110, in Berlin-Mitte

Friedrich Possible (born October 12, 1902 in Berlin ; † June 17, 1957 there ) was a German theoretical physicist who was best known for his research on wave optics .

Life

Friedrich Possible was a student of Erwin Schrödinger and Max von Laue , from whom he received his doctorate in 1927 with a dissertation on diffraction phenomena on bodies of ellipsoidal shape . He had completed his habilitation in 1930. In 1932, Possible joined the NSDAP and the SA . He was one of the first National Socialists in the teaching staff at Berlin University. In 1934 he was appointed head of the teaching staff at the University of Berlin. Since 1935, Possible came into conflict with the Nazi regime. Since the Gestapo against him for foreign exchange offenses and " Rassenschande"discovered, he fled temporarily to London and Paris. After his return he was arrested in 1937 because of his love affair with a Jewish woman. In 1938, possible because of" racial disgrace "was expelled from the NSDAP. This ended his academic career. He found Laue's advocacy a scientific activity in the industry as a freelance employee at the study society for electrical lighting of Osram GmbH .

After the end of the war, a possible scientist in the biomedical research center in Berlin. In 1945 he was appointed advisor in the German Central Administration for National Education (DZVVB). In 1947 he took over the editor-in-chief of the Annalen der Physik . In 1946 he was appointed full professor for theoretical physics and director of the institute for theoretical physics. In 1947/57 he was director of the Institute for Solid State Research of the German Academy of Sciences . He was also a professor and director of the Institute for Theoretical Physics at Humboldt University .

Possibly belonged to the 1st and 2nd German People's Council .

literature

  • Michael Grüttner : Biographical Lexicon on National Socialist Science Policy (= Studies on Science and University History. Volume 6). Synchron, Heidelberg 2004, ISBN 3-935025-68-8 , pp. 120-121.
  • Bernd Heinzmann:  Possible, Friedrich. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 17, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1994, ISBN 3-428-00198-2 , p. 612 f. ( Digitized version ).
  • Dieter Hoffmann , Mark Walker : Friedrich Possible: a scientist's journey from fascism to communism , London: Routledge, 2003.
  • Dieter Hoffmann, Mark Walker: The Physicist Friedrich Possible (1902–1957) - an Antifascist? In: Science and Technology in the GDR. Edited by Hoffmann, Dieter, Macrakis, Kristie. Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, 1997, pp. 361–382.
  • Fritz Lange: Friedrich Possible . In: Scientists in the biomediocinic research center Berlin-Buch 1930-2004 . Verlag Peter Lang Frankfurt / Main 2004, pp. 138–140; 180-181.
  • Peter Nötzold, Dieter Hoffmann:  Possible, Friedrich . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 2. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
  • Robert Rompe : Friedrich Possible - his contribution to the development of physics in the GDR. Friedrich Possible - longtime co-editor and editor-in-chief of the "Annalen der Physik" . In: Annals of Physics . tape 502 , no. 4 , 1990, pp. 319-324 , doi : 10.1002 / andp.19905020406 .
  • Robert Rompe: Friedrich Possible 1902–17.6.1957 . In: Annalen der Physik , 7th volume, volume 1, issue 1–3 / 1958, p. 1.

Web links

Commons : Friedrich Possible  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Friedrich Fritz Possible. In: Mathematics Genealogy Project. Retrieved February 16, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Klaus Schlüpmann: The past in the field of vision of a physicist . Hans Kopfermann 1895-1963 (a science study). More recently 1933-1945. The Challenge ( aleph99.org ).
  3. ^ Dieter Hoffmann: Scientists in the Biomedical Research Center: Berlin-Buch 1930 - 2004 . Ed .: Luise Pasternak. Lang, Frankfurt am Main 2004, p. 46-51 ( mpg.de ).
  4. ↑ books.google.de University officers and the reconstruction of higher education in Germany
personal data
SURNAME Possible, Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German physicist, MdV
DATE OF BIRTH October 12, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH June 17, 1957
Place of death Berlin