Julius Bernstein
Julius Bernstein (born December 18, 1839 in Berlin , † February 6, 1917 in Halle (Saale) ) was a German physiologist .
Life
Bernstein was the oldest of seven children of the publicist and co-founder of the Berlin Jewish Reform Congregation Aaron Bernstein (1812-1884). From 1857 he studied at the University of Breslau with Rudolf Heidenhain and in Berlin with Emil Du Bois-Reymond . During his studies in 1859 he became a member of the Raczek fraternity in Breslau . In 1862 he received his doctorate with a dissertation on muscle physiology. In 1864 he became assistant to Hermann von Helmholtz at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg .
Bernstein became a private lecturer in 1870. From 1872 he was the successor to Friedrich Goltz professor at the Friedrichs University in Halle . From 1875 he was a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina . In 1881 he founded the Institute for Physiology at the University of Halle, of which he was director and which now bears his name. He was appointed to the Secret Medical Council. In 1911 he was elected a corresponding member of the Académie des sciences .
The Julius Bernstein hypothesis (1868) and the "membrane theory" (1902) are considered to be significant contributions to the history of science . The research network Bernstein Network , funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research , bears his name.
Julius Bernstein was married to Sophie Levy (1856–1923). The couple's three children were the painter Martha Bernstein (1874–1955), the mathematician Felix Bernstein (1878–1956) and the engineer Rudolf Bernstein (1880–1971).
Works
- Investigations into the excitation process in the nervous and muscle systems. , Heidelberg: Winter, 1871
- The five human senses. Leipzig: Brockhaus, 1875
- The mechanical theory of life, its foundations and its successes. Braunschweig: Vieweg, 1890
- Text-book of the physiology of the animal organism, especially of man. Stuttgart: F. Enke, 1894
- Electrobiology: The theory of the electrical processes in the organism presented on a modern basis. PDF file (15 MB), Braunschweig: Vieweg, 1912, accessed on November 20, 2011
Honors
- Julius Bernstein Institute for Physiology at the University of Halle
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Bernstein Network (National Bernstein Network Computational Neuroscience, NNCN)
- Bernstein Center Freiburg at the University of Freiburg
- Amber Prize of the Amber Network
- Julius-Bernstein-Strasse in Halle (2015)
literature
- Gerhard Rudolph: Bernstein, Julius . In: Charles Coulston Gillispie (Ed.): Dictionary of Scientific Biography . tape 15 , Supplement I: Roger Adams - Ludwik Zejszner and Topical Essays . Charles Scribner's Sons, New York 1978, p. 20-22 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Julius Bernstein in the catalog of the German National Library
- Bernstein Centers: 100 years ago: Julius Bernstein formulated his membrane theory
- Short biography and references to digital sources in the Virtual Laboratory of the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (English)
- Entry on Julius Bernstein in the Catalogus Professorum Halensis
Individual evidence
- ↑ 274 Neuroforum 4/02 ( Memento from October 11, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Hugo Böttger (ed.): Directory of the old fraternity members according to the status of the winter semester 1911/12. Berlin 1912, p. 15.
- ^ List of members since 1666: Letter B. Académie des sciences, accessed on September 18, 2019 (French).
- ↑ a b Biographical data in the personal database of the Saxon Academy of Sciences in Leipzig
- ^ Entry on Julius Bernstein in the Catalogus Professorum Halensis
- ↑ The Bernstein Prize on the website of the Bernstein Network
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bernstein, Julius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German physiologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 18, 1839 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Halle (Saale) |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 6, 1917 |
| Place of death | Halle (Saale) |