Biography.guide
Home › People › Physicist › Eberhard Zwicker
Portrait of Eberhard Zwicker

Eberhard Zwicker

1924 – 1990

German scientist

Don't just read it — keep itBiographies to ownE-book · Audio · Video From $7 →

About Eberhard Zwicker

Lived 1924 – 1990 (aged 66). Eberhard Zwicker was a German physicist, university teacher and electrical engineer.

Karl Eberhard Zwicker (15 January 1924, in Öhringen, Germany – 22 November 1990, in Icking) was a German acoustics scientist and full professor at the Technical University of Munich.

Zwicker studied physics and electrical engineering at the University of Stuttgart and was an assistant of . In 1967 he was appointed full professor of the newly founded Institute for Electro-Acoustics of the Technical University of Munich.

Zwicker developed a method for the computation of loudness, which became a German standard, DIN 45631.

Zwicker, together with Richard Feldtkeller, was author of the standard work for psychoacoustics Das Ohr als Nachrichtenempfänger. (The Ear as Message Receiver).

In 1964, at Bell Labs, he discovered the Zwicker tone auditory illusion.

Literature Die Grenzen der Hörbarkeit der Amplituden- und Frequenzmodulation von Tönen und ihre Berücksichtigung in der Übertragungstechnik und der Hörphysiologie. Dissertation, Stuttgart 1952 Die elementaren Grundlagen zur Bestimmung der Informationskapazität des Gehörs. In: Acustica. Band 6, 1956, S. 365–381, Habilitationsschrift, 1956 with Richard Feldtkeller: Das Ohr als Nachrichtenempfänger. Hirzel, Stuttgart 1956; 2. Auflage, Hirzel, Stuttgart 1967 with Ernst Terhardt als Herausgeber: Facts and models in hearing. Proceedings of the Symposium on Psychophysical Models and Physiological Facts in Hearing. Held at Tutzing, Oberbayern, April 22–26, 1974. Springer, Berlin [u.a.] 1974 Psychoakustik. Springer, Berlin [u.a.] 1982, with Manfred Zollner: Elektroakustik. Springer, Berlin [u.a.] 1984, ; 3. Springer, Berlin [u.a.] 1993, with Hugo Fastl: Psychoacoustics. Facts and models. Springer, Berlin [u.a.] 1990, ; 3. Auflage, Springer, Berlin [u.a.] 2007, Karl Eberhard Zwicker. 15.1.1924 – 22.11.1990. Feldpostbriefe aus dem Zweiten Weltkrieg an seine Eltern Wilhelm und Luise Zwicker und seinen Bruder Ulrich. Bis, Univ., Oldenburg 1993, DIN 45631, Berechnung des Lautstärkepegels aus dem Geräuschspektrum. Verfahren nach Eberhard Zwicker Herman A. O. Wilms: In Memoriam. Eberhard Zwicker. In: J. Audio Eng. Soc. Band 39, Nr. 3, März 1991, S. 199–200

Biography shop

Don’t just read it —
keep it.

Full-length biographies made to live with: read them, listen on the way to work, watch them tonight.

  • E-book
  • Audio
  • Video
Browse the shop — from $7

Instant download · yours to keep · every purchase keeps this site free

Important facts

Birth century
Nationality
Education
Technical University of Munich
Employers
Technical University of Munich
Awards
ASA Silver Medal; Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Also known as
Karl Eberhard Zwicker

People in Eberhard Zwicker's life

Named in this biography and alive at the same time

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Eberhard Zwicker's

Frequently asked questions

Who was Eberhard Zwicker?

German scientist

When was Eberhard Zwicker born?

Eberhard Zwicker was born on 15 January 1924 in Öhringen.

When did Eberhard Zwicker die?

Eberhard Zwicker died on 22 November 1990 in Icking.

What was Eberhard Zwicker's occupation?

Eberhard Zwicker was a physicist, university teacher and electrical engineer.

What nationality was Eberhard Zwicker?

Eberhard Zwicker was German.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Eberhard Zwicker

· Wikidata: Q105339

· DBpedia: Eberhard Zwicker

Cite this page

APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Eberhard Zwicker. https://biography.guide/eberhard-zwicker/

MLA: "Eberhard Zwicker." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/eberhard-zwicker/.

Chicago: "Eberhard Zwicker." Biography.guide. https://biography.guide/eberhard-zwicker/.

Data last updated: 2026-09-20 · Spot an error? Report a correction.

Page generated 2026-09-27 05:25 UTC