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Archival as AuthorArchival as SubjectPublished as SubjectW. Bothe
Dates
January 8, 1891 – February 8, 1957
Authorized Form of Name
Bothe, W. (Walther), 1891-
Additional Forms of Names
Bothe, W.
Bothe, Walther, 1891-1957
Bothe, Walther Wilhelm, 1891-
Biography
Abstract
Walther Bothe was a physicist at the University of Heidelberg, specializing in instrumentation. He was awarded the 1954 Nobel Prize in Physics "for the coincidence method and his discoveries made therewith."
Important Dates
January 8, 1891Birth, Oranienburg (Germany).
1913 – 1930Professor of Physics, Physikalisch-Technische Bundesantalt (PTB), Braunschweig (Germany).
1914Obtained PhD in Physics, University of Berlin (Fridrich-Wilhelms-Universität Berlin), Berlin (Germany).
1932 – 1934Director, Institute of Physics, University of Heidelberg (Universität Heidelberg), Heidelberg (Germany).
1934 – 1957Director, Max Planck Institute for Physics (Max-Planck-Institut für Physik und Astrophysik (München), Munich (Germany).
1953Awarded Max Planck Medal.
1954Awarded Nobel Prize in Physics "for the coincidence method and his discoveries made therewith".
February 8, 1957Death, Heidelberg (Germany).
Occupation
Instrumentation physicist.
Places
Birth
Graduate Education
Employment
Death
Subjects
Relationships
People
Family
Bothe, Barbara Below
Wife.
Advisors & Collaborators
Bock, Rudolf, 1927-
Advised by Bothe at University of Heidelberg (Universität Heidelberg).
Faissner, H. (Helmut)
Advised by Bothe at University of Heidelberg (Universität Heidelberg).
Gentner, Wolfgang, 1906-1980
Research advised by Bothe at Max Planck Institute for Medical Research (Max-Planck-Institut für medizinische Forschung).
Mayer-Kuckuk, Theo
Advised by Bothe at University of Heidelberg (Universität Heidelberg).
PhD advisor at University of Berlin (Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Berlin).
Stech, Berthold Wilhelm
Advised by Bothe at University of Heidelberg (Universität Heidelberg).
Additional
Also won the 1954 Nobel Prize in Physics for a separate project.
Geiger, Hans, 1882-
Kohlrausch, Friedrich, 1840-1910
Lau, Ernst Gustav, 1893-
Nix, Foster Cary, 1905-
Peierls, Rudolf E. (Rudolf Ernst), 1907-1995
Wilson, Charles Thomson Rees, 1869-1959
Institutions
Major Positions
Max-Planck-Institut fur Physik
Director.
Physikalisch-Technische Reichsanstalt (Germany)
Professor of Physics.
Universität Heidelberg
Director, Institute of Physics.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Berlin
Obtained PhD in Physics (1914).
Resources
Archival Resources
Author
Walther Bothe papers.
Archiv zur Geschichte der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften
Boltzmannstr. 14, 14195 Berlin, Germany
Subject
German reports on atomic energy [microform], 1938-1945.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Hans Geiger correspondence.
Archiv zur Geschichte der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften
Boltzmannstr. 14, 14195 Berlin, Germany
Materials gathered for his book, The German atomic bomb [microform], 1938-1945.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Ernst Gustav Lau, 1963 May 15.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Foster Cary Nix, 1975 June 27.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with George Gamow, 1968 April 25 and 26.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Rudolf Ernst Peierls, 1985 April 7.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Wolfgang Gentner, 1971 November 15.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Personnel files of Giessen instructors of physics and related fields. 1945-ca. 1971.
Universitätsbibliothek. Hochschularchiv.
Justus Liebig-Universität Giessen.
Otto-Behaghel-Strausse 8, 6300 Giessen