Hans Schimank

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Hans Friedrich Wilhelm Erich Schimank (born March 17, 1888 in Berlin , † August 25, 1979 in Hamburg ) was a German physicist and historian of science .

Life

After graduating from high school in 1909, Hans Schimank began studying at the Friedrich Wilhelms University in Berlin . In 1914 he received his doctorate under Walther Nernst with a thesis on the behavior of the electrical resistance of metals at low temperatures . During the First World War he worked at the Military Research Office in Berlin. From 1919 he was a teacher for the subjects of physics, mathematics and chemistry in Hamburg and was retired in 1957 as a senior teacher. In 1920 he married the chemist Margaretha Jahn (1890–1983).

In addition to his educational work, he dealt with the history of science. Among other things, he wrote several works on Otto von Guericke and was considered a leading expert on his life and work. Since 1942 Schimank was honorary professor at the University of Hamburg . There he was one of the co-founders of the Institute for the History of Natural Sciences, of which Bernhard Sticker was the first director . Schimank was also a member of numerous scientific associations, including the Association of German Engineers , the German Physical Society and the Georg Agricola Society for the promotion of the history of natural sciences and technology. In 1947 he was one of the founding members of the Joachim Jungius Society . Since 1949 he was a member of the Braunschweig Scientific Society .

Hans Schimank received numerous awards, including an honorary doctorate from the Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main in 1963 and the Grashof medal from the Association of German Engineers in 1969. His estate has been a foundation at the University of Hamburg since 1982. The Hans Schimank Memorial Foundation supports research into the history of the natural sciences in Hamburg.

Works

  • Pictures on the history of the natural sciences in Hamburg. Hermann's heirs 1927.
  • On the history of the exact natural sciences in Hamburg: from the founding of the Academic Gymnasium to the first Hamburg Natural Science Conference (1928)
  • Johann Wilhelm Ritter: the founder of scientific electrochemistry (1933)
  • Otto von Guericke: Mayor of Magdeburg, a German Statesman, Thinker, and Researcher (1936)
  • Means and ways of scientific, especially natural science transmission up to the appearance of the first scientific journals. In: Sudhoffs Archiv 36, 1943, pp. 159-182
  • The importance of historical research in natural science and technology for the development of our educational system, together with proposals for their promotion (1951)
  • The engineer: career development path up to the end of the 19th century (1961)
  • Epochs of Natural Research: Leonardo, Kepler, Faraday (1964)
  • Physics and Chemistry in the 19th Century: Their Starting Points, Advances, and Goals (1970)
  • Gudrun Wolfschmidt (Ed.): Hans Schimank (1888–1979): Selected writings. Tredition, Hamburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-86850-424-8 .

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SURNAME Schimank, Hans
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schimank, Hans Friedrich Wilhelm Erich (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German physicist and historian of science
DATE OF BIRTH March 17, 1888
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH August 25, 1979
Place of death Hamburg