Peter Weinzierl

Peter Weinzierl (born March 31, 1923 in Vienna ; † May 10, 1996 there ) was an Austrian experimental physicist .

Life

Weinzierl was born in 1923 as the son of Moriz Weinzierl (1884–1955), later Ministerialrat, and his wife Paula, b. Müller, born in Vienna. After finishing school, he began studying chemistry at the University of Vienna . In the Second World War he was drafted into the Wehrmacht , but then seriously wounded. After the war he studied physics and mathematics in 1949 at Richard Duke with the thesis A new method for measurement of inhomogeneous magnetic fields to Dr. phil. PhD. During his studies he was in the student union active, where he met his future wife learned. In 1950 he became an assistant at the 1st Physics Institute. In 1952/53 he was a Fulbright Fellow at the National Bureau of Standards in Washington, DC

In 1958 he completed his habilitation in nuclear physics , after which he received a teaching position. In 1960 he became head of the Physics Institute at the Seibersdorf Reactor Center of the Austrian Study Society for Atomic Energy . In 1965 he became a full professor for experimental physics at the Technical University of Vienna and in 1967 a full professor for physics at the University of Vienna. He was also head of the 1st Physics Institute. In 1993 he retired. His research interests included radioactivity and nuclear physics as well as the structure of liquids and solids .

In 1973 he became a corresponding and in 1976 a full member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences .

In addition to a " textbook on nuclear electronics ", he published a. a. in the messages of the Institute for Radium Research .

Peter Weinzierl was married to the historian Erika Weinzierl (1925–2014) from 1948 . His sons are the historian Michael Weinzierl (1950–2002) and the Germanist and journalist Ulrich Weinzierl (born 1954).

Awards

• 1974: Erwin Schrödinger Prize of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
• 1989: Gold Medal of Honor from the City of Vienna
• 1993: Great Silver Medal of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria

Fonts (selection)

• with Manfred Drosg : Textbook of Nuclear Electronics . Springer, Vienna a. a. 1970, ISBN 3-211-80992-9 .

literature

• Daniela Angetter, Michael Martischnig: Biographies of Austrian Physicists. A selection . Edited by the Austrian State Archives , Vienna 2005, pp. 153–155.
• Rudolf Vierhaus (Ed.): German Biographical Encyclopedia . Volume 10: Thies - Zymalkowski . 2nd revised and expanded edition, KG Saur, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-598-25040-8 , p. 498.