Werner Kolhörster
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Werner Kolhörster (born December 28, 1887 in Schwiebus ( Świebodzin ), † August 5, 1946 in Munich ) was a German physicist .
From 1935 Kolhörster was a professor in Berlin, where he headed the Institute for Altitude Radiation Research he founded.
In 1913 he confirmed the existence of cosmic rays discovered by Victor Franz Hess in 1912 . In 1928 he demonstrated the particle character of cosmic rays.
In 1929 he developed the coincidence method together with Walther Bothe . In 1940 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina .
literature
- Siegfried Flügge : Kolhörster, Werner. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 12, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1980, ISBN 3-428-00193-1 , p. 460 f. ( Digitized version ).
Web links
Commons : Werner Kolhörster - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Literature by and about Werner Kolhörster in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Particle greetings from the galaxy in Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung from August 5, 2012, page 54
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kolhörster, Werner |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 28, 1887 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schwiebus |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 5, 1946 |
| Place of death | Munich |