Book ID: CBB718027210

Establishing Quantum Physics in Berlin: Einstein and the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physics, 1917–1922 (2020)

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This book explores Albert Einstein’s move to Berlin and the establishment of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physics under his directorship. Einstein’s call to Berlin was supported by a group of prominent physicists, including Fritz Haber, Walter Nernst, Max Planck, Heinrich Rubens, Emil Warburg, and the young astronomer Erwin Freundlich, in the expectation that Einstein and the institute would take the lead in advancing quantum physics in its early phase. Examining both the abortive attempt and the successful opening of the institute in 1917, it also discusses in detail the institute’s activities up to 1922, when Einstein relinquished the directorship, as well as his reasons for stepping down. The final chapter evaluates the institute’s activities and its role in the advancement of physics. In the end, the institute only partially fulfilled the expectations of its promoters because of the waning interest in quantum physics on the part of its director and board, and also because of Einstein’s refusal to exert scientific leadership. The book is part of a series of publications in the SpringerBriefs series on the early network of quantum physics.

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Authors & Contributors
Walker, Mark
Hoffmann, Dieter
Wolfschmidt, Gudrun
Wang, Jessica
Stone, A. Douglas
Sethi, Megan Barnhart
Concepts
Societies; institutions; academies
Physics
Research institutes; research stations
Scientific communities; interprofessional relations
Science and society
Atomic, nuclear, and particle physics
Time Periods
20th century, early
20th century
Modern
21st century
20th century, late
18th century
Places
Berlin (Germany)
Germany
London (England)
United States
Spain
Italy
Institutions
Kaiser-Wilhelm-Instituten
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften
Munich. Universität
Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft (DPG)
St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
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