Herneck, Friedrich
Oral history interview with Friedrich Herneck, 1988 July 2.
Topics discussed include: correspondence with other physicists, such as Max Born, Max von Laue, Werner Heisenberg, and Carl Friedrich Weizsacker; Herneck's studying of relativity with Philip Frank; and geophysics and the history of science existing in the German Democratic Republic (GDR).
Friedrich Herneck: Professor at Berlin's Humboldt Universitat, an author of numerous books and articles about physicists including Einstein and Ernst Mach, as a historian and philosopher of science he engaged physicists of his generation in extensive correspondence.
Born, Max, 1882-1970
Frank, Philipp, 1884-1966
Heisenberg, Werner, 1901-1976
Herneck, Friedrich
Laue, Max von, 1879-1960.
Weizsc̃ker, Carl Friedrich, Freiherr von, 1912-2007
Geophysics.
History of science and technology.
Relativity (Physics)
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Heims, Steve J., interviewer.
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