Ludwig Bergmann (physicist)

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Hans Franz Rudolf Ludwig Bergmann (born February 15, 1898 in Wetzlar , † September 16, 1959 in Heidelberg ) was a German physicist and university professor.

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Ludwig Bergmann was born the son of a factory owner in Wetzlar. From Easter 1904 to Easter 1907 he attended the municipal lyceum in Wetzlar, then the humanistic grammar school. At Easter 1916 he passed his Abitur in Wetzlar and began studying physics and mathematics at the University of Giessen in the summer semester . From April 1917 to February 15, 1919 he served in the army and then continued his studies in Giessen. In 1921 he was promoted to Dr. rer. nat. doctorate and then assistant at the Physics Institute. From April 1, 1923 to April 1, 1925 he was an engineer at Telefunken in Berlin.

Then he moved to the Physics Institute at the University of Marburg as an assistant , where he received the Venia legendi in physics in 1926 . In 1927 he went to the University of Breslau with Clemens Schaefer . He became an associate professor there in 1932 and was full professor and director of the Physics Institute of the Technical University of Wroclaw from 1939 to 1945 . From 1940 to 1945 he was also an honorary professor at the University of Breslau. In 1949 he became head of the scientific department of the Leitzwerke and in 1950 honorary professor at the University of Giessen.

In addition to his work as a university professor, Bergmann and Schaefer published the multi-volume work Experimentalphysik , which has since been revised several times and is still the Bergmann-Schaefer textbook on experimental physics today as the standard work for physics students. In addition, he is co-author of the work Basic Tasks of the Physics Internship , first published in 1942 , for which the same applies, and of the first monograph on ultrasound , which appeared in 1937 and was translated in the USA and England the following year.

In 1935 he was awarded the Ladenburg Foundation Prize and in 1957 a member of the German Academy of Natural Scientists (Leopoldina) .

Works (selection)

  • Measurements in the radiation field of a Hertzian and an Abrahamian undamped exciter . In: Annals of Physics . F. 4. Volume 67, JA Barth, Leipzig 1922, pp. 13–42, also: Dissertation, Giessen 1922
  • Ultrasound and its application in science and technology . VDI-Verlag, Berlin 1937
  • with Clemens Schaefer and Werner Kliefoth: Basic tasks of the physical internship. Teubner, Leipzig and Berlin 1942; 6. Reprint of the 5th edition, Teubner, Leipzig 1965
  • with Clemens Schaefer u. a .: Textbook of Experimental Physics. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York
    • Volume 1: Mechanics, Relativity, Heat.
    • Volume 2: Electromagnetism.
    • Volume 3: Optics. Wave and particle optics.
    • Volume 4: Components of Matter. Atoms, molecules, atomic nuclei, elementary particles.
    • Volume 5: Gases, Nanosystems, Liquids.
    • Volume 6: Solids.
    • Volume 7: Earth and Planets.
    • Volume 8: Stars and Space. Basics of astronomy, terrestrial observatories. Matter, galaxies, cosmology.

literature

  • Johann C. Poggendorff (founder), Hans Stobbe (edited): JC Poggendorff's biographical-literary concise dictionary for mathematics, astronomy, physics with geophysics, chemistry, crystallography and related fields of knowledge . Chemie, Berlin 1936, Volume 6, Part 1, p. 185
  • JC Poggendorff: Biographical-literary concise dictionary of the exact natural sciences . Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1956, Volume 7a, Part 1, pp. 150f.
  • Johann C. Poggendorff (founder), Margot Köstler (editor-in-chief): Biographical-literary concise dictionary of the exact natural sciences . 1999, Volume 8, Part 1, pp. 349f.
  • Kürschner's German Scholars Calendar . 1961, p. 118 and p. 2364
  • Inge Auerbach: Catalogus Professorum Academiae Marburgensis. The academic teachers at the Philipps University in Marburg. Volume 2: From 1911 to 1971 (= publications of the Historical Commission for Hesse, Volume 15). Elwert, Marburg 1979.

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personal data
SURNAME Bergmann, Ludwig
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bergmann, Hans Franz Rudolf Ludwig (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German physicist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH February 15, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH Wetzlar
DATE OF DEATH September 16, 1959
Place of death Heidelberg