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In 1887, the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) was originally founded as the Physikalisch-Technische Reichsanstalt (PTR) in Berlin in order to promote basic research in physics. It subseq...
In 1887, the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) was originally founded as the Physikalisch-Technische Reichsanstalt (PTR) in Berlin in order to promote basic research in physics. It subsequently developed into the largest research center worldwide as a place where scientists could concentrate exclusively on their research subject, and served as a model for similar institutes established in other countries.Within a very short time, the PTR produced extremely important scientific results that cemented its international position at the top, such as Max Planck's radiation law and energy q
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- Rudolf P. Huebener, Heinz Luebbig
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- English
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- Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, c2008
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- 1 online resource (196 p.)
- ISBNs
- 1281938319, 9786611938314, 9812790357, 9812790349
- OCLC
- ocn441827140
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-180) and index.
- English
- Preamble; Preface; Contents; 1. The Foundation and the Key Role of Werner Siemens; 2. Some Memoranda at the Beginning; 3. The Start under President Hermann von Helmholtz; 4. The Institute as a Model; 5. The Optical Laboratory and the Birth of Quantum Theory; 6. The Low-Temperature Laboratory and the Discovery of the Meissner Effect; 7. The Chemical Laboratory and the Discovery of New Elements; 8. The Laboratory for Radioactivity; 9. The Imperial Institute and Albert Einstein; 10. Counting and Measuring - Quantum Statistics and Quantum Standards
- 11. Fundamental Constants - the Best Information on Nature Available12. The Meter Convention for the Global Consistency of Measurements; 13. The Presidents of the Institute until 1933; 14. The Institute under the Nazi Dictatorship and a New Beginning; Literature; Name Index; About the Authors