Walter Weizel
Walter Weizel (born August 1, 1901 in Lauterecken , Kusel district ; † August 6, 1982 ) was a German theoretical physicist and politician.
Live and act
Weizel first studied chemistry and received his doctorate in chemistry from Heidelberg University in 1925 . In 1930 he was at the University of Chicago with Robert Mulliken . From 1931 he was professor for theoretical physics at the TH Karlsruhe and from 1936 at the University of Bonn . In 1969 he retired. Weizel was particularly concerned with molecular physics and molecular spectra as well as gas discharges.
After the war he was a member of the SPD and from 1948 to 1954 deputy chairman of the SPD parliamentary group in the city council of Bonn. 1954 to 1958 he was a member of the North Rhine-Westphalian state parliament.
Honors
- 1969: Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Fonts
- Electrons, atoms, molecules . 1st edition. Volk und Wissen Verlag, Berlin, Leipzig 1949 (188 pages).
- Introduction to Physics . 3 volumes. BI University Pocket Books, Leipzig 1958, (Vol. 1 Physics of Processes , Vol. 2 Electricity and Magnetism , Vol. 3 Optics and Construction of Matter ), first: Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig 1944 ( Meyer's small handbooks ).
- Physical formula collection . 2 volumes. BI university pocket books, Leipzig 1962.
- Electric arc and spark theory . Barth, Leipzig 1949.
- Band spectra . Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft, Leipzig 1931, ( Wilhelm Wien , Friedrich Harms (Hrsg.): Handbuch der Experimentalphysik, supplementary volume 1).
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| SURNAME | Weizel, Walter |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Weizel, Walter Friedrich Karl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German theoretical physicist and politician (SPD), MdL |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 1, 1901 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lauterecken |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 6, 1982 |