A FOCUS OF DISCOVERIES

A FOCUS OF DISCOVERIES

CONTENTS


FRONT MATTER RUDOLF P. HUEBENER and HEINZ LUEBBIG	i
The Foundation and the Key Role of Werner Siemens RUDOLF P. HUEBENER and HEINZ LUEBBIG	1
Some Memoranda at the Beginning RUDOLF P. HUEBENER and HEINZ LUEBBIG	9
The Start under President Hermann von Helmholtz RUDOLF P. HUEBENER and HEINZ LUEBBIG	35
The Institute as a Model RUDOLF P. HUEBENER and HEINZ LUEBBIG	45
The Optical Laboratory and the Birth of Quantum Theory RUDOLF P. HUEBENER and HEINZ LUEBBIG	47
The Low-Temperature Laboratory and the Discovery of the Meissner Effect RUDOLF P. HUEBENER and HEINZ LUEBBIG	61
The Chemical Laboratory and the Discovery of New Elements RUDOLF P. HUEBENER and HEINZ LUEBBIG	79
The Laboratory for Radioactivity RUDOLF P. HUEBENER and HEINZ LUEBBIG	91
The Imperial Institute and Albert Einstein RUDOLF P. HUEBENER and HEINZ LUEBBIG	105
Counting and Measuring — Quantum Statistics and Quantum Standards RUDOLF P. HUEBENER and HEINZ LUEBBIG	127
Fundamental Constants — the Best Information on Nature Available RUDOLF P. HUEBENER and HEINZ LUEBBIG	135
The Meter Convention for the Global Consistency of Measurements RUDOLF P. HUEBENER and HEINZ LUEBBIG	145
The Presidents of the Institute until 1933 RUDOLF P. HUEBENER and HEINZ LUEBBIG	155
The Institute under the Nazi Dictatorship and a New Beginning RUDOLF P. HUEBENER and HEINZ LUEBBIG	171
BACK MATTER RUDOLF P. HUEBENER and HEINZ LUEBBIG	179
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