Established in 1365 as one of the oldest universities in Europe, the University of Vienna has been home to her share of remarkable people in teaching and research. A first love is physics; so I go willingly into that space, to look for a number of physicists at Uni.Wien.
Main building of the university (Hauptgebäude), built by Heinrich Ferstel on the Ringstrasse; inaugurated 1884.
Erwin Schrödinger, atomic & nuclear physics; awarded 1933 Nobel Prize in physics.
Viktor Franz Hess, for his work on atmospheric cosmic rays, awarded 1936 Nobel Prize in physics.
Arkadenhof (arcade courtyard), where prominent university staff and faculty are highlighted as plaques and busts.
Left: Christian Doppler, physics professor 1860-1863. Right: Erwin Schrödinger, and his famous equation for quantum mechanics.
Johannes and Karl Littrow: Littrow, as in Littrow configuration in optics.
Franz Exner, physics professor (1891-1920) and whose PhD students included: Stefan Meyer, Lise Meitner, Felix Ehrenhaft.
Josef Stefan, of the Stefan-Boltzmann Law; physics professor from 1863 to 1893.
Ludwig Boltzmann, of the Stefan-Boltzmann Law; physics and maths professor.
Lise Meitner, atomic & nuclear physics, who should have had a share in the 1944 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Berta Karlik, atomic & nuclear physics; in 1956 Karlik the first woman to receive full professor from the University of Vienna.
I made all images above with an iPhone15 on 16 Jun 2024. I received neither sponsor nor support from any organization. This post composed with Jetpack for iOS appears on Fotoeins Fotografie at fotoeins DOT com.
[…] 20. Present-day secondary school (GRG13) on Wenzgasse 7; this was the location Dr. Berta Karlik (Univ. Vienna) attended secondary school between 1919 and 1923. Apartment building at Larochegasse 37. […]
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[…] 20. Present-day secondary school (GRG13) on Wenzgasse 7; this was the location Dr. Berta Karlik (Univ. Vienna) attended secondary school between 1919 and 1923. Apartment building at Larochegasse 37. […]
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