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Ernst Brüche

1900 – 1985

German physicist

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Lived 1900 – 1985. Ernst Brüche was a German physicist and university teacher.

Ernst Carl Reinhold Brüche (28 March 1900 in Hamburg – 8 February 1985 in Mosbach) was a German physicist. From 1944 to 1972, he was the editor of the Physikalische Blätter, a publication of the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft.

Education

Brüche studied physics at the Danzig Technische Hochschule from 1919 to 1924. From 1920, he was a teaching assistant in the physics department. In 1926 he completed his doctorate under Carl Ramsauer at the Danzig Technische Hochschule. He completed his Habilitation in 1927.

Career

Until 1933, Brüche was an unpaid lecturer on experimental and technical physics at the Danzig Technische Hochschule, where he worked on the measurement of electron scattering cross-sections of molecular gases.

Awards

1941 – Leibniz Medal

Literature

Ernst Brüche Freie Elektronen als Sonden des Baues von Molekeln, Ergebnisse der exakten Naturwissenschaften 8 185-228 (1929) Ernst Brüche Die Grundlagen der angewandten geometrischen Elektronenoptik, Electrical Engineering (Archiv für Elektrotechnik) Volume 29, Number 2, 79-107 (1935). The author is cited as being at the Forschungs-institut der AEG, Berlin. The article was received on 12 August 1934. Ernst Brüche Zum Entstehen des Elektronenmikroskops, Physikalische Zeitschrift. 44 176-180 (1943) Ernst Brüche Deutsche Physik und die Deutschen Physiker, Neue Physikalische Blätter 2 232-236 (1946) Ernst Brüche 25 Jahre Elektronenmikroskop, Physikalische Blätter 13 493-500 (1957)

Books

Ernst Brüche Physiker-Anekdoten von Ernst Brüche (Physik-Verl., 1952) Carl Ramsauer, Rudolf Kollath, und Ernst Brüche Wirkungsquerschnitt der Edelgase gegenüber langsamen Elektronen (Geest & Portig, 1954) Theodor Pöschl, Carl Ramsauer, and Ernst Brüche Die Physik in Einzelberichten. H. 1. Mechanik (Barth, 1956) Heinz Thiede, Carl Ramsauer, and Ernst Brüche Die Physik in Einzelberichten. H. 2. Praktische Akustik (Barth, 1957) Helmut Moser, Helmut Moser, Carl Ramsauer, und Ernst Brüche Die Physik in Einzelberichten. H. 3. Wärmelehre?1. Mit Beitr von Helmut Moser. (Barth, 1957) Ernst Brüche Aus dem Leben eines Physikers (Mosbach, Baden, 1971)

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Important facts

Born
1900, Hamburg
Birth century
Died
1985, Mosbach
Nationality
Employers
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Awards
Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany; Max Born-Medaille; Silver Leibniz medal

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Frequently asked questions

Who was Ernst Brüche?

German physicist (1900–1985)

When was Ernst Brüche born?

Ernst Brüche was born in 1900 in Hamburg.

When did Ernst Brüche die?

Ernst Brüche died in 1985 in Mosbach.

What was Ernst Brüche's occupation?

Ernst Brüche was a physicist and university teacher.

What nationality was Ernst Brüche?

Ernst Brüche was German.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Ernst Brüche

· Wikidata: Q72976

· DBpedia: Ernst Brüche

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