Karl Uller

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Karl Uller (born August 19, 1872 in Mayen ; † October 13, 1959 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a German physicist who dealt with the kinematic and physical nature of waves and was skeptical of modern physics . In 1903 Uller researched guided surface waves, which were confirmed experimentally in 2014 and named " Uller-Zenneck waves " and others. a. were named after him.

Life

In 1891 Karl Uller went to Berlin, worked as a draftsman and made up his Abitur. In 1896 he began studying physics in Berlin . He also attended lectures by the theologians Adolf von Harnack and von Max Planck .

From 1900 Karl Uller continued his physics studies in Rostock. Alongside his studies, Karl Uller worked as an electrical engineer in Berlin and Nuremberg, a. a. in the field of radio and high frequency technology. In 1903, Karl Uller obtained a doctorate in physics at the University of Rostock with the dissertation Contribution to the theory of electromagnetic radiation . He then took up his first job as an assistant in Greifswald with Walter König , with whom he moved to the physical institute at the University of Gießen in 1905 . In 1916 Karl Uller became an associate professor of physics in Giessen, where he taught until 1937. In the 1940s he moved to Frankfurt am Main. He suffered a stroke in early 1959 and finally died on October 13 at the age of 83.

Act

Karl Uller was a physicist and electrical engineer. His main areas were wave theory and field physics. He developed what he called shaft kinematics . Wave kinematics claims to explain electrodynamics kinematically, electrodynamically and non-relativistically, as well as the quantum and the idea of ​​the photon.

In addition, she deals with waves of all kinds - i.e. thermals, fluidics, elasticity, acoustics, etc.

During a seminar in Bad Nauheim, Karl Uller met Albert Einstein . He was familiar with the work of Albert Einstein, including the idea of ​​a transposition kinematics of space and time for different reference systems with equal rights. However, he rejected this new theory because, in his opinion, he had found

“That the electromagnetic field equations for moving bodies in all post-Hertzian theories in general, i. H. cannot be correct for conditions that change over time, because they result in a wave whose structure is in obvious contradiction with experience. "

In addition to the negative attitude towards Einstein's theory of relativity , he developed - logically in his sense - an equally critical attitude towards the emerging quantum physics with its wave mechanics :

“The quanta are indeed foreign bodies in the body of physics and, according to the author, will disappear again. According to this conviction, the quantum-like lies in the essence of the physical wave, which results in a mountain of energy around oscillators and resonators. "

He was friends with the physicist Bruno Thüring and the philosopher Hugo Dingler , but rejected " German Physics ". Wilhelm Müller advocated a full professorship for Uller with clear words.

Politically, Uller was convinced of the ideas of Friedrich Naumann , the co-founder and chairman of the German Democratic Party (DDP).

His estate is now at the University of Konstanz.

Works

  • Contributions to the theory of electromagnetic radiation . Diss., Univ. Rostock, 1903.
  • The migration of energy in a permanent alternating electromagnetic field according to Poynting's theory . Leipzig 1908.
  • The problem of wave incidence . Self-published, Leipzig 1917.
  • A Critique of Electrodynamics and Relativistics . Submitted to the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences by Philipp Lenard , session reports A10, Heidelberg 1919.
  • The electromagnetic wave induction . Zeitschrift für Physik 8, 1922, pp. 89-104.
  • The bound electromagnetic waves when the wave carriers move according to the theory of Minkowski Braunschweig . Giessen 1923.
  • On a criticism of Mr. W. Pauli jr. Special publication 1923. Physical reports 10, 1929.
  • Report on the discovery of the principle of interference along with its conclusions and consequences . Giessen 1925.
  • The basic law of wave propagation from a moving source in a moving medium: the Michelson experiment and the space-time theory of Einstein . Oldenbourg, Munich 1935.
  • The discovery of the concept of waves . Triltsch, Würzburg-Aumühle 1937.
  • The fall of the pure and relativistic field physics through the shaft kinematics . Journal for the whole of natural science 3, 1937/38, pp. 399-414.
  • Idea and concept of the wave: a guide through the author's basic physical research . Lüttke, Berlin 1942.
  • On a thesis by Max Planck . Journal for the whole of natural science 10, 1944, pp. 10-18.
  • The discovery of wave induction . Lüttke, Berlin 1944.
  • Wave kinematics as a field theory of the reproductive medium . Frankfurt (unpublished) 1955.

In addition, Uller published articles in the Annalen der Physik , in the Zeitschrift für Physik, in the Physikalische Zeitschrift, in the negotiations of the German Physical Society and in other specialist journals.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Muhammad Faryad and Akhlesh Lakhtakia: Grating-coupled excitation of the Uller-Zenneck Surface Wave in the optical regime . Journal of the Optical Society of America B 31, 2014, pp. 1706-1711, doi: 10.1364 / JOSAB.31.001706 , arxiv : 1406.7506 .
  2. ↑ M. Faryad, A. Lakhtakia: Observation of the Uller-Zenneck wave . Optics Letters 39, 2014, pp. 5204-5207, doi: 10.1364 / OL.39.005204 , arxiv : 1407.6902 .
  3. ↑ See e.g. B. Population. (PDF) Grand Ducal Hessian Ludwig University of Gießen, 1917, p. 13 , accessed on September 6, 2015 . and population and course catalog. (PDF) Hessische Ludwigs-Universität Gießen, 1933, p. 31 , accessed on September 6, 2015 .
  4. ↑ Bruno Thüring : Gravitation and the philosophical foundations of physics . Duncker & Humblot, 1967, ISSN  0425-1806 ( limited preview in Google book search).
  5. ^ Klaus Hentschel : Physics and National Socialism: An Anthology of Primary Sources . Springer Science & Business Media, 2011, ISBN 978-3-0348-0203-1 , pp. 250 ff . (English, limited preview in Google Book Search).
  6. ↑ This publication is cited in the dissertation “Procedures for historical science research” by Wilhelm Schernus as an example for: “In view of the new political framework, the scenario of previous suppression and the autostereotype of outsiderhood are part of it - a moment that in physics over the Wende will stop in 1933. ” Full text of the dissertation , p. 133 there.
personal data
SURNAME Uller, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German physicist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH August 19, 1872
PLACE OF BIRTH Mayen
DATE OF DEATH October 13, 1959
Place of death Frankfurt am Main