Matthias Heymann

Matthias Heymann (born August 17, 1961 in Hamburg ) is a German physicist and qualified technology , science and environmental historian .

academic career

Heymann studied physics , philosophy , the history of natural sciences and the history of technology in Hamburg and at the Technical University of Munich . After graduating in physics, he received his doctorate in 1992 with a thesis on the history of technology, which is now considered "groundbreaking", on the history of wind energy use 1890–1990 . For this dissertation , which was published in a revised form by Campus Verlag in 1995 , he was awarded the Rudolf Kellermann Prize for the History of Technology in 1993. He then worked at various universities, including Munich, Stuttgart and Istanbul, as a research assistant in research and teaching. In 2004 he completed his habilitation at the TU Berlin , where he then also worked as a private lecturer . He is currently an Associate Professor at Aarhus University in Denmark. He is also deputy chairman of the Society for the History of Technology .

Heymann's research interests include the history of environmental sciences , the history of environmental technology in the 19th and 20th centuries, and the history of energy and its conversion technologies, especially the use of wind energy . In addition, he also examines the history of atmospheric and climate research and construction science .

Written monographs

• The history of wind energy use 1890-1990 , Campus, Frankfurt am Main 1995, ISBN 3-593-35278-8 .
• Engineers, Markets and Visions: The Checkered History of Natural Gas Liquefaction , Piper, Munich / Zurich 2005, ISBN 978-3-492-04844-6 .
• “Art” and science in the technology of the 20th century: On the history of construction science , Chronos, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-03-400723-X .
• Researchers, pioneers and visionaries: hydrogen as an energy carrier , Piper, Munich / Zurich 2009, ISBN 978-3-492-05149-1 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Matthias Heymann in the catalog of the German National Library
• Aarhus University website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Joachim Radkau , Lothar Hahn , Rise and Fall of the German Nuclear Industry , Munich 2013, p. 398.
2. ↑ Literature: Researchers, Pioneers and Visionaries Scientists, pioneers and visionaries: Hydrogen als Energieträger Hydrogen as energy carrier ( Memento of the original from April 28, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved April 28, 2014. 
3. ↑ Board members . Gesellschaft für Technikgeschichte eV Accessed on April 28, 2014.