Heinz Mauser

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Heinz Mauser (born February 27, 1919 in Plochingen , Württemberg ; † October 4, 1995 ) was a German chemist and professor of physical chemistry at the University of Tübingen .

He is a co-founder of photokinetics , which is dedicated to elucidating the reaction mechanisms of light-induced chemical reactions . In particular, the method of ' formal kinetics ' goes back to him . Mauser is a book author ('Formal Kinetik') and the author of numerous papers on photokinetics, formal kinetics and thermodynamics .

biography

In 1937, Mauser was drafted into the Reich Labor Service , then to military service , which went over to military service in 1939, with deployments first on the Western Front, then on the Eastern Front. Mauser was promoted to adjutant there and, as first lieutenant, headed Division III / AR 305 , with which he was surrounded at Stalingrad . After the surrender of the German 6th Army , the Red Army captured him on February 2, 1943. He was in captivity for almost seven years; on September 9, 1949 he returned to Germany.

In order to survive mentally in the penal camp with hard mining work ("They needed me as a horse"), Mauser developed many of the (well-known) laws of thermodynamics from a few basic axioms of thermodynamics that he had in mind , which he later included on dozens of small pieces of paper brought home.

Heinz Mauser was only able to begin his regular studies at the age of 30. That was in November 1949, two months after his return from captivity. Almost seven years later he passed his doctoral examination with "summa cum laude". The academic degree Diplom-Chemiker was awarded to him on March 16, 1955 by the University of Tübingen . He then spent several months as a Research Fellow at the Department for Chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania . He received his doctorate in natural sciences in Tübingen on July 19, 1956 with the thesis on the thermodynamics of optical antipodes . Mauser completed his habilitation in physical chemistry and received the venia legendi for this subject in 1961 , the license to teach at the University of Tübingen.

Before the stipulated 6-year lectureship had expired, he was appointed an extraordinary professor. In 1967 a scientific council was set up for him at the Institute for Physical Chemistry, Tübingen, for the photokinetics he founded .

Works

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ All facts and data, as of July 26, 2012, that have not been marked otherwise, come from application, promotion and other documents that the University of Tübingen has given me, Hans-Joachim Niemann , to inspect.
  2. ↑ Personal report of the Mauser student Hans-Joachim Niemann .
personal data
SURNAME Mauser, Heinz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German chemist and university professor, co-founder of photokinetics
DATE OF BIRTH February 27, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH Plochingen , Württemberg
DATE OF DEATH 4th October 1995