Karl Jung (geophysicist)

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Karl Theodor Jung (born October 8, 1902 in Frankfurt am Main , † April 28, 1972 in Kiel ) was a German geophysicist .

Life

Karl Jung, a great-grandson of Heinrich Hoffmann , the author of Struwwelpeter , was an observer at the Geodetic Institute in Potsdam-Babelsberg from around 1931 to 1941 . In 1939 he was appointed associate professor at the Technical University of Berlin; from 1941 to 1944 he held a professorship for geophysics at the University of Strasbourg . Drafted into the army, he was used there for surveying tasks, calculating flight paths and locating cannons. In 1945 Jung took over the duties of his twin brother Heinrich Jung at the Bergakademie in Clausthal-Zellerfeld , who had taught there as a professor of geophysics. Heinrich Jung was called up for military service in 1945 and died near Lauenburg in the last days of the war .

In addition to geophysics, Karl Jung also taught mathematics, physics and music at the Bergakademie. From 1956 to 1971 Karl Jung worked as a full professor of geophysics at the University of Kiel . Research stays took him to Columbus , Ohio , and to Egypt.

Jung was twice chairman of the German Geophysical Society .

Research priorities

Jung mainly dealt with research on the gravitational field and the figure of the earth as well as with methods of applied geophysics, especially in gravimetry. As part of the realm survey, he carried out rotary balance measurements.

Book publications

  • Little earthquake science . Understandable Wiss., 37, Springer-Verlag, Berlin 1938
  • Gravity Methods in Applied Geophysics . Akad. Verlagsges. Geest & Portig, Leipzig 1961

Manual publications

  • Gravimetric methods in applied geophysics . Handbuch der Experimentalphysik, Volume 25, Part 3, pp. 49–208, Akad. Verlagsges., Leipzig 1930
  • Figure of the earth . Handbuch der Physik 47, pp. 534–639, Springer Verlag, Berlin, Göttingen, Heidelberg 1956

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personal data
SURNAME Young, Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jung, Karl Theodor (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German geophysicist
DATE OF BIRTH October 8, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt am Main , Hesse-Nassau Province , Kingdom of Prussia , German Empire
DATE OF DEATH April 28, 1972
Place of death Kiel , Schleswig-Holstein , Federal Republic of Germany