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*[[Heinrich Anton de Bary]]: Father of [[Phytopathology]], the science of plant diseases and modern [[Mycology]]. Coined the word [[symbiosis]] in 1879.
*[[Heinrich Anton de Bary]]: Father of [[Phytopathology]], the science of plant diseases and modern [[Mycology]]. Coined the word [[symbiosis]] in 1879.
*[[Karl Adolph von Basedow]]: Discovery and description of [[Graves-Basedow disease]]
*[[Karl Adolph von Basedow]]: Discovery and description of [[Graves-Basedow disease]]
*[[Andreas Friedrich Bauer]]: first functional steam-powered [[printing press]] with his colleague [[Friedrich Koenig]])
*[[Wilhelm Bauer]]: Inventor and engineer, who built several hand-powered submarines.
*[[Wilhelm Bauer]]: Inventor and engineer, who built several hand-powered submarines.
*[[Eugen Baumann]]: He was one of the first people to create polyvinyl chloride (PVC), and, together with Carl Schotten, he discovered the Schotten-Baumann reaction.
*[[Eugen Baumann]]: He was one of the first people to create polyvinyl chloride (PVC), and, together with Carl Schotten, he discovered the Schotten-Baumann reaction.
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*[[Albrecht Berblinger]]: Inventor of the spring prosthesis and hang-glider (1811).<ref group=lower-alpha>Albrecht Ludwig Berblinger (1770-1829), known as the "Flying Tailor of Ulm", started with flight experiments in Ulm, Germany, in the early 19th century. He gained experience in downhill gliding with a maneuverable airworthy semi-rigid hang-glider and then attempted to cross the Danube River at Ulm's Eagle's Bastion on 31 May 1811. The tricky local winds caused him to crash and he was rescued by fishermen, making him the first survivor of a water immersion accident of a heavier-than-air manned "flight machine". Though he failed in his attempt to be the first man to fly, Berblinger can be regarded as one of the significant aviation pioneers who applied the "heavier than air" principle and paved the way for the more effective glide-flights of Otto Lilienthal (1891) and the Wright Brothers (1902). Less known are Berblinger's significant contributions to the construction of artificial limbs for medical use, as well as the spring-application in aviation. His invention of a special mechanical joint was also used for the juncture of the wings of his "flying machine". Because of his worthwhile contributions to medicine and flight, in 1993 the German Academy of Aviation Medicine named an annual award for young scientists in the field of aerospace medicine in his honor.</ref>
*[[Albrecht Berblinger]]: Inventor of the spring prosthesis and hang-glider (1811).<ref group=lower-alpha>Albrecht Ludwig Berblinger (1770-1829), known as the "Flying Tailor of Ulm", started with flight experiments in Ulm, Germany, in the early 19th century. He gained experience in downhill gliding with a maneuverable airworthy semi-rigid hang-glider and then attempted to cross the Danube River at Ulm's Eagle's Bastion on 31 May 1811. The tricky local winds caused him to crash and he was rescued by fishermen, making him the first survivor of a water immersion accident of a heavier-than-air manned "flight machine". Though he failed in his attempt to be the first man to fly, Berblinger can be regarded as one of the significant aviation pioneers who applied the "heavier than air" principle and paved the way for the more effective glide-flights of Otto Lilienthal (1891) and the Wright Brothers (1902). Less known are Berblinger's significant contributions to the construction of artificial limbs for medical use, as well as the spring-application in aviation. His invention of a special mechanical joint was also used for the juncture of the wings of his "flying machine". Because of his worthwhile contributions to medicine and flight, in 1993 the German Academy of Aviation Medicine named an annual award for young scientists in the field of aerospace medicine in his honor.</ref>
*[[Hans Berger]]: a German neurologist, best known as the inventor of [[electroencephalography]] (EEG) (the recording of "brain waves") in 1924, coining the name, and the discoverer of the [[alpha wave]] rhythm known as "Berger's wave"
*[[Hans Berger]]: a German neurologist, best known as the inventor of [[electroencephalography]] (EEG) (the recording of "brain waves") in 1924, coining the name, and the discoverer of the [[alpha wave]] rhythm known as "Berger's wave"
*[[Wilhelm Berkefeld]]: [[Berkefeld-Filter]] for water
*[[Emil Berliner]]: He is best known for developing the microphone and disc record gramophone.
*[[Emil Berliner]]: He is best known for developing the microphone and disc record gramophone.
*[[Friedrich Bessel]]: astronom, he is credited with being the first to use parallax in calculating the distance to a star.
*[[Albert Betz]]: [[Betz's law]], 1913
*[[Albert Betz]]: [[Betz's law]], 1913
*[[Gerd Binnig]]: Physicist. Design of the scanning tunneling microscope (STM) with [[Heinrich Rohrer]]. Nobel laureate 1986.
*[[Gerd Binnig]]: Physicist. Design of the scanning tunneling microscope (STM) with [[Heinrich Rohrer]]. Nobel laureate 1986.
*[[Josef Bille]]: patent for [[LASIK]]
*[[Ludwig Blattner]]: developed the Blattnerphone, the first magnetic [[tape recorder]] (using steel tape) whilst working in Britain in the late 1920s.<ref>[http://www.orbem.co.uk/tapes/blattner.htm "Blattnerphone"], Orbem.co.uk, retrieved 07 February 2014</ref>
*[[Ludwig Blattner]]: developed the Blattnerphone, the first magnetic [[tape recorder]] (using steel tape) whilst working in Britain in the late 1920s.<ref>[http://www.orbem.co.uk/tapes/blattner.htm "Blattnerphone"], Orbem.co.uk, retrieved 07 February 2014</ref>
*[[Walter Bock]]: [[Styrene-butadiene]]
*[[Max Bockmühl]]: He developed together with German [[Gustav Ehrhart]] [[Methadone]] in 1937 in Germany, working for I.G. Farbenindustrie AG at the Farbwerke Hoechst
*[[Max Bockmühl]]: He developed together with German [[Gustav Ehrhart]] [[Methadone]] in 1937 in Germany, working for I.G. Farbenindustrie AG at the Farbwerke Hoechst
*[[Johann Elert Bode]]: Discovered the Titus-Bode Law
*[[Johann Elert Bode]]: Discovered the Titus-Bode Law
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*[[Robert Bosch]]: He invented, engineered and launched various innovations for the motor vehicle.
*[[Robert Bosch]]: He invented, engineered and launched various innovations for the motor vehicle.
*[[Walther Bothe]]: Nuclear physicist, who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1954 with Max Born.
*[[Walther Bothe]]: Nuclear physicist, who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1954 with Max Born.
*[[Theodor Boveri]]: described [[Centrosome]].
*[[Johann Friedrich Böttger]]: He was generally acknowledged as the inventor of European porcelain although more recent sources ascribe this to [[Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus]]. Böttger is still credited with developing the manufacture of porcelain in Europe.
*[[Johann Friedrich Böttger]]: He was generally acknowledged as the inventor of European porcelain although more recent sources ascribe this to [[Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus]]. Böttger is still credited with developing the manufacture of porcelain in Europe.
*[[Karlheinz Brandenburg]]: Inventor and audio engineer; father of audio compression format MPEG Audio Layer 3, more commonly known as MP3.
*[[Karlheinz Brandenburg]]: Inventor and audio engineer; father of audio compression format MPEG Audio Layer 3, more commonly known as MP3.
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*[[Friedrich Engels]]: He invented together with [[Karl Marx]] the economic and sociopolitical worldview [[Marxism]].
*[[Friedrich Engels]]: He invented together with [[Karl Marx]] the economic and sociopolitical worldview [[Marxism]].
*[[Hugo Erdmann]]: Chemist who discovered, together with his doctoral advisor [[Jacob Volhard]], the [[Volhard-Erdmann cyclization]]. In 1898 he was the first who coined the term ''[[noble gas]]'' (the original noun is {{lang|de|''Edelgas''}} in [[German language|German]]).<ref>{{cite journal|journal=[[Science (journal)|Science]]|date=1901-02-15|volume=13|pages=268–270|last=Renouf|first=Edward|title=Noble gases|doi=10.1126/science.13.320.268|issue=320|bibcode = 1901Sci....13..268R }}</ref>
*[[Hugo Erdmann]]: Chemist who discovered, together with his doctoral advisor [[Jacob Volhard]], the [[Volhard-Erdmann cyclization]]. In 1898 he was the first who coined the term ''[[noble gas]]'' (the original noun is {{lang|de|''Edelgas''}} in [[German language|German]]).<ref>{{cite journal|journal=[[Science (journal)|Science]]|date=1901-02-15|volume=13|pages=268–270|last=Renouf|first=Edward|title=Noble gases|doi=10.1126/science.13.320.268|issue=320|bibcode = 1901Sci....13..268R }}</ref>
*[[Hugo Erfurt]]: [[Ingrain wallpaper]]
*[[Leonhard Euler]]: Swiss mathematician and physicist. One of the most influential mathematicians of the 18th century.
*[[Leonhard Euler]]: Swiss mathematician and physicist. One of the most influential mathematicians of the 18th century.


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*[[Otto Feick]]: [[Wheel gymnastics]] in 1925.
*[[Otto Feick]]: [[Wheel gymnastics]] in 1925.
*[[Wilhelm Emil Fein]]: Invented the electrically-driven hand drill in 1895.
*[[Wilhelm Emil Fein]]: Invented the electrically-driven hand drill in 1895.
*[[Adolf Gaston Eugen Fick]]: Glass [[Contact lenses]]
*[[Artur Fischer]]: Invented the (split) [[wallplug]] made of plastic in 1958.
*[[Artur Fischer]]: Invented the (split) [[wallplug]] made of plastic in 1958.
*[[Hermann Emil Fischer]]: Discoveries in chemistry.
*[[Hermann Emil Fischer]]: Discoveries in chemistry.
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*[[Maria Goeppert-Mayer]]: Physicist. Nobel laureate in Physics 1963 for proposing the nuclear shell model of the atomic nucleus together with [[J. Hans D. Jensen]]. The unit for the [[two-photon absorption]] cross section is named the Goeppert-Mayer (GM) unit.
*[[Maria Goeppert-Mayer]]: Physicist. Nobel laureate in Physics 1963 for proposing the nuclear shell model of the atomic nucleus together with [[J. Hans D. Jensen]]. The unit for the [[two-photon absorption]] cross section is named the Goeppert-Mayer (GM) unit.
*[[Peter Carl Goldmark]]: Engineer who was instrumental in developing the long-playing (LP) microgroove 33-1/3 rpm vinyl phonograph disc.
*[[Peter Carl Goldmark]]: Engineer who was instrumental in developing the long-playing (LP) microgroove 33-1/3 rpm vinyl phonograph disc.
*[[Konrad Grebe]]: [[Coal]]-machine (''Kohlenhobel'')
*[[Heinrich Greinacher]]: German-Swiss physicist. He is regarded as an original experimenter and is the developer of the magnetron and the Greinacher multiplier; Cockcroft-Walton-Generator in 1914.
*[[Heinrich Greinacher]]: German-Swiss physicist. He is regarded as an original experimenter and is the developer of the magnetron and the Greinacher multiplier; Cockcroft-Walton-Generator in 1914.
*[[Brothers Grimm]]: Academic pioneers of philology, [[linguistics]], and storytelling. Worked together on the most comprehensive dictionary of the German language [[Deutsches Wörterbuch]]. [[Jacob Grimm]]: Philologist and linguist. Described first what is know known as [[Grimm's law]], the first scientific research into [[sound change]] in 1822.
*[[Brothers Grimm]]: Academic pioneers of philology, [[linguistics]], and storytelling. Worked together on the most comprehensive dictionary of the German language [[Deutsches Wörterbuch]]. [[Jacob Grimm]]: Philologist and linguist. Described first what is know known as [[Grimm's law]], the first scientific research into [[sound change]] in 1822.
*[[Georg Friedrich Grotefend]]: Decyphering of [[cuneiform]]
*[[Alexander Grothendieck]]: Mathematician and the central figure behind the creation of the modern theory of [[algebraic geometry]]; [[Fields Medal]]ist (1966).
*[[Alexander Grothendieck]]: Mathematician and the central figure behind the creation of the modern theory of [[algebraic geometry]]; [[Fields Medal]]ist (1966).
*[[Helmut Grötrupp]]: [[smart card]] (together with [[Jürgen Dethloff]])
*[[Helmut Grötrupp]]: [[smart card]] (together with [[Jürgen Dethloff]])
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*[[Alexander von Humboldt]]: Naturalist and explorer. His quantitative work on botanical geography was foundational to the field of biogeography.
*[[Alexander von Humboldt]]: Naturalist and explorer. His quantitative work on botanical geography was foundational to the field of biogeography.
*[[Wilhelm von Humboldt]]: Originator of the [[linguistic relativity]] hypothesis.
*[[Wilhelm von Humboldt]]: Originator of the [[linguistic relativity]] hypothesis.

*[[Erich Huzenlaub]]: [[Huzenlaub Process]] for paraboiling
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*[[Otmar Issing]]: Economist who invented the "pepet pillar" decision algorithm now used by the [[European Central Bank|ECB]].
*[[Otmar Issing]]: Economist who invented the "pepet pillar" decision algorithm now used by the [[European Central Bank|ECB]].
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*[[Ludwig Knorr]]: Chemist, who together with Carl Paal, discovered the [[Paal-Knorr synthesis]], and the [[Knorr quinoline synthesis]] and [[Knorr pyrrole synthesis]].
*[[Ludwig Knorr]]: Chemist, who together with Carl Paal, discovered the [[Paal-Knorr synthesis]], and the [[Knorr quinoline synthesis]] and [[Knorr pyrrole synthesis]].
*[[Robert Koch]]: Physician, discoverer, inventor and Nobel Prize winner. He became famous for isolating Bacillus anthracis (1877), the Tuberculosis bacillus (1882) and the Vibrio cholera (1883) and for his development of Koch's postulates.
*[[Robert Koch]]: Physician, discoverer, inventor and Nobel Prize winner. He became famous for isolating Bacillus anthracis (1877), the Tuberculosis bacillus (1882) and the Vibrio cholera (1883) and for his development of Koch's postulates.
*[[Friedrich Koenig]]: first functional steam-powered [[printing press]] with his colleague [[Andreas Friedrich Bauer]])
*[[Alfred Körte]] and [[Gustav Körte]]: discovered [[Gordium]], 1900
*[[Franz Kolb]]: [[Plasticine]]
*[[Arthur Korn]]: Inventor involved in development of the fax machine, specifically the transmission of photographs or telephotography, known as the [[Bildtelegraph]].
*[[Arthur Korn]]: Inventor involved in development of the fax machine, specifically the transmission of photographs or telephotography, known as the [[Bildtelegraph]].
*[[Albrecht Kossel]]: determining the chemical composition of [[nucleic acids]]
*[[Max Kramer]]: Aircraft engineer. Developed the first operational guided bomb in 1942/43. This first [[smart bomb]] was radio controlled and joy-stick operated.
*[[Max Kramer]]: Aircraft engineer. Developed the first operational guided bomb in 1942/43. This first [[smart bomb]] was radio controlled and joy-stick operated.
*[[Hans Adolf Krebs]]: discovered two important chemical reactions in the body, namely the [[urea cycle]] and the [[citric acid cycle]].
*[[Wilhelm Krische]]: [[Galalith]]
*[[Julius H. Kroehl]]: Inventor and engineer, who built the first functioning submarine in the world.
*[[Julius H. Kroehl]]: Inventor and engineer, who built the first functioning submarine in the world.
*[[Herbert Kroemer]]: Physicist, shared the Nobel Prize in Physics 2000 for developing semiconductor heterostructures used in high-speed- and opto-electronics.
*[[Herbert Kroemer]]: Physicist, shared the Nobel Prize in Physics 2000 for developing semiconductor heterostructures used in high-speed- and opto-electronics.
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*[[Adam Johann von Krusenstern]]: Navigator and explorer, led the first Russian expedition to circumnavigate the earth.
*[[Adam Johann von Krusenstern]]: Navigator and explorer, led the first Russian expedition to circumnavigate the earth.
*[[Dietrich Küchemann]]: Aeronautical pioneer, developed wings for supersonic speed, such as [[delta wings]] as used in the [[Concorde]].
*[[Dietrich Küchemann]]: Aeronautical pioneer, developed wings for supersonic speed, such as [[delta wings]] as used in the [[Concorde]].
*[[Heinz Kunert]]: [[Defogger]] for automobiles


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[[File:Me 163 Glider LH.jpg|thumb|175px|right|[[Me 163]] Replica designed by [[Alexander Lippisch]].]]
[[File:Me 163 Glider LH.jpg|thumb|175px|right|[[Me 163]] Replica designed by [[Alexander Lippisch]].]]
*[[Albert Ladenburg]]: isolated [[Hyoscine]]
*[[Eugen Langen]]: Entrepreneur, engineer and inventor, involved in the development of the petrol engine and the Wuppertal monorail.
*[[Eugen Langen]]: Entrepreneur, engineer and inventor, involved in the development of the petrol engine and the Wuppertal monorail.
*[[Paul Langerhans]]: [[Islets of Langerhans]], [[Langerhans cells]]
*[[Paul Langerhans]]: [[Islets of Langerhans]], [[Langerhans cells]]
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*[[Alexander Lippisch]]: Pioneer of aerodynamics, his most famous design is the [[Messerschmitt Me 163]].
*[[Alexander Lippisch]]: Pioneer of aerodynamics, his most famous design is the [[Messerschmitt Me 163]].
*[[Ernst Litfaß]]: free-standing cylindrical [[advertising column]].
*[[Ernst Litfaß]]: free-standing cylindrical [[advertising column]].
*[[Friedrich Loeffler]]: discovered the organism causing diphtheria ([[Corynebacterium diphtheriae]]) and the cause of [[foot-and-mouth disease]] ([[Aphthovirus]]). His description of the diphtheria bacillus, published in 1884.


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*[[Johann Wilhelm Ritter]]: Physicist and discoverer of [[Ultraviolet]].
*[[Johann Wilhelm Ritter]]: Physicist and discoverer of [[Ultraviolet]].
*[[Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen]]: Physicist and discoverer of x-rays/Röntgen rays (8 November 1895), this earned him the first Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901.
*[[Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen]]: Physicist and discoverer of x-rays/Röntgen rays (8 November 1895), this earned him the first Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901.
*[[Friedrich Rosengarth]]: [[Glass wool]]
*[[Arthur Rudolph]]: Rocket engineer who, together with [[Wernher von Braun]], played a key role in the development of the [[V-2 rocket]].
*[[Arthur Rudolph]]: Rocket engineer who, together with [[Wernher von Braun]], played a key role in the development of the [[V-2 rocket]].
*[[Heinrich Daniel Ruhmkorff]]: [[Induction coil]]
*[[Ernst Ruska]]: Physicist, developed the first electron microscope in 1933. Nobel laureate 1986.
*[[Ernst Ruska]]: Physicist, developed the first electron microscope in 1933. Nobel laureate 1986.


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*[[Friedrich Soennecken]]: Invented [[Hole punch]] and [[ring binder]].
*[[Friedrich Soennecken]]: Invented [[Hole punch]] and [[ring binder]].
*[[Arnold Sommerfeld]]: Theoretical physicist who pioneered developments in atomic and quantum physics.
*[[Arnold Sommerfeld]]: Theoretical physicist who pioneered developments in atomic and quantum physics.
*[[Johannes Stark]]: Discovery of the Doppler effect in canal rays and the splitting of spectral lines in electric fields" (the latter is known as the [[Stark effect]]).
*[[Jack Steinberger]]: German-American-[[Swiss]] physicist, co-discovered the [[muon neutrino]], shared 1988 Nobel Prize in Physics.
*[[Jack Steinberger]]: German-American-[[Swiss]] physicist, co-discovered the [[muon neutrino]], shared 1988 Nobel Prize in Physics.
*[[Georg Wilhelm Steller]]: Chief naturalist on Vitus Bering's expedition during which Alaska was discovered (1741) and pioneer of Alaskan Natural History. [[Steller's sea cow]] (now extinct) was named after him.
*[[Georg Wilhelm Steller]]: Chief naturalist on Vitus Bering's expedition during which Alaska was discovered (1741) and pioneer of Alaskan Natural History. [[Steller's sea cow]] (now extinct) was named after him.
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*[[Horst Ludwig Störmer]]: German-American physicist. Shared the Nobel Prize in 1998 for the discovery of a new form of quantum fluid with fractionally charged excitations.
*[[Horst Ludwig Störmer]]: German-American physicist. Shared the Nobel Prize in 1998 for the discovery of a new form of quantum fluid with fractionally charged excitations.
*[[Levi Strauss]]: The [[German American]] father of [[jeans|blue jeans]].
*[[Levi Strauss]]: The [[German American]] father of [[jeans|blue jeans]].
*[[Ernst Stromer]]: Discovery and Describing of [[Aegyptosaurus]], [[Bahariasaurus]], [[Carcharodontosaurus]], and the largest known theropod, [[Spinosaurus aegyptiacus]]. Stromer also described the giant crocodilian [[Stomatosuchus]].
*[[Eduard Suess]]: Discoveries in geology.
*[[Eduard Suess]]: Discoveries in geology.


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*[[Wilhelm Eduard Weber]]: Inventor of the first electromagnetic telegraph together with Carl Friedrich Gauss.
*[[Wilhelm Eduard Weber]]: Inventor of the first electromagnetic telegraph together with Carl Friedrich Gauss.
*[[Alfred Wegener]]: He is most notable for proposing continental drift in 1912
*[[Alfred Wegener]]: He is most notable for proposing continental drift in 1912
*[[Wilhelm Weinberg]]: [[Hardy–Weinberg principle]]
*[[Gustav Weißkopf]]: Aviation pioneer - World's First Motorized Flight: August 14, 1901.
*[[Gustav Weißkopf]]: Aviation pioneer - World's First Motorized Flight: August 14, 1901.
*[[Clemens Alexander Winkler]]: Chemist who discovered the element germanium in 1886.
*[[Clemens Alexander Winkler]]: Chemist who discovered the element germanium in 1886.
*[[Hugo Winckler]]: Discovery of [[Hattusa]]
*[[August Wöhler]]: Investigated [[Fatigue (material)#The S-N curve|fatigue]] phenomena in the behavior of materials
*[[August Wöhler]]: Investigated [[Fatigue (material)#The S-N curve|fatigue]] phenomena in the behavior of materials
*[[Friedrich Wöhler]]: The first to synthesize [[urea]]. Wöhler is regarded as a pioneer in organic chemistry.
*[[Friedrich Wöhler]]: The first to synthesize [[urea]]. Wöhler is regarded as a pioneer in organic chemistry.
*[[Heinrich Wöhlk]]: Contact lenses in [[PMMA]]


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Revision as of 17:57, 30 October 2014


This is a list of German inventors and discoverers. The following list comprises people from Germany or German-speaking Europe, and also people of predominantly German heritage, in alphabetical order of the surname.

Existing:  A B C D E F G H  I   J  K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
See also Notes References External links

A

Manfred von Ardenne in 1933

B

Martin Behaims Globe 1493
Ludwig Bölkow, instrumental in the development of the Me 262.
Wernher von Braun
Carl von Clausewitz, father of modern military theory.

C

D

Gottlieb Daimler, co-founder of Mercedes-Benz

E

Albert Einstein in 1921, the year he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics

F

Max Planck presents Albert Einstein with the Max-Planck medal, Berlin June 28, 1929

G

Fagus Factory, designed by Walter Gropius and Adolf Mayer
Johannes Gutenberg in a 16th-century copper engraving

H

Otto Hahn, the first man to split the atomic nucleus
  • Fritz Haber: German chemist and Nobel laureate who pioneered synthetic ammonia and chemical warfare.
  • Theodor W. Hänsch: Physicist, developed laser-based precision spectroscopy further to determine optical frequency extremely accurately. Nobel laureate in 2005.
  • Otto Hahn: German chemist and Nobel laureate who pioneered the fields of radioactivity and radiochemistry. Considered to be "the father of nuclear chemistry" and the "founder of the atomic age". Discovered many isotopes, Protactinium and nuclear fission.
  • Samuel Hahnemann: Physician, best known for creating a system of alternative medicine called homeopathy.
  • Harald zur Hausen: Virologist, discovered the role of papilloma viruses in the development of cervical cancer. His research made the development of a vaccine against papilloma possible, which will drastically reduce cervical cancer in future. Nobel laureate 2008.
  • Henry J. Heinz: Tomato ketchup and fifty six other things.
  • Werner Heisenberg: Theoretical physicist who made fundamental contributions to quantum mechanics. Discovered a particle's position and velocity cannot be known at the same time. Discovered atomic nuclei are made of protons and neutrons.
  • Wolfgang Helfrich: Co-inventor of Twisted nematic field effect.
  • Rudolf Hell: Inventor of the first fax machine (Hellschreiber).
  • Richard Hellmann: Hellmann's (Blue Ribbon) Mayonnaise, 1905.
Felix Hoffmann

I

  • Otmar Issing: Economist who invented the "pepet pillar" decision algorithm now used by the ECB.

J

K

Monument to Robert Koch on his name square in Berlin.

L

Me 163 Replica designed by Alexander Lippisch.

M

Karl Marx

N

Walther Nernst, Nobel laureate

O

P

Max Planck

Q

R

Paul Reuter aged 53 years (1869) by artist Rudolf Lehmann

S

Hand mit Ringen: print of Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen's first "medical" x-ray, of his wife's hand, taken on 22 December 1895 and presented to Professor Ludwig Zehnder of the Physik Institut, University of Freiburg, on 1 January 1896
Borosilicate glass as used in chemical labs - Type 3.3 according to (DIN ISO 3585)

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U

  • Dietrich "Diedrich" Uhlhorn: Engineer, mechanic and inventor, who invented the first mechanical tachometer (1817), between 1817 and 1830 inventor of the Presse Monétaire (level coin press known as Uhlhorn Press) which bears his name.

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W

Wankel engine, type DKM54 (1957)

X

Konrad Zuse's Z1; replica in the German Museum of Technology in Berlin

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Z

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Albrecht Ludwig Berblinger (1770-1829), known as the "Flying Tailor of Ulm", started with flight experiments in Ulm, Germany, in the early 19th century. He gained experience in downhill gliding with a maneuverable airworthy semi-rigid hang-glider and then attempted to cross the Danube River at Ulm's Eagle's Bastion on 31 May 1811. The tricky local winds caused him to crash and he was rescued by fishermen, making him the first survivor of a water immersion accident of a heavier-than-air manned "flight machine". Though he failed in his attempt to be the first man to fly, Berblinger can be regarded as one of the significant aviation pioneers who applied the "heavier than air" principle and paved the way for the more effective glide-flights of Otto Lilienthal (1891) and the Wright Brothers (1902). Less known are Berblinger's significant contributions to the construction of artificial limbs for medical use, as well as the spring-application in aviation. His invention of a special mechanical joint was also used for the juncture of the wings of his "flying machine". Because of his worthwhile contributions to medicine and flight, in 1993 the German Academy of Aviation Medicine named an annual award for young scientists in the field of aerospace medicine in his honor.

References

  1. ^ http://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?locale=de_EP&CC=GB&NR=131402 Improvements in the Composition and Manufacture of Sausage Meat and the like; Patent
  2. ^ http://depatisnet.dpma.de/DepatisNet/depatisnet?window=1&space=menu&content=treffer&action=pdf&docid=AT000000074310B&Cl=2&Bi=1&Ab=&De=2&Dr=&Pts=&Pa=&We=&Sr=&Eam=&Cor=&Aa=&so=desc&sf=vn&firstdoc=0&NrFaxPages=2&pdfpage=2 Patent; page 2
  3. ^ John M. Barry, The Great Influenza; The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History (New York: Penguin Books, 2005) 70.
  4. ^ "Blattnerphone", Orbem.co.uk, retrieved 07 February 2014
  5. ^ Renouf, Edward (1901-02-15). "Noble gases". Science. 13 (320): 268–270. Bibcode:1901Sci....13..268R. doi:10.1126/science.13.320.268.
  6. ^ Goebel's patent 47.632 „Hemmer for Sewing Machines"
  7. ^ Goebel's patent 252658 „Vacuum Pump"
  8. ^ Goebel's patent 266358 „Electric Incandescent Lamp"
  9. ^ Christian Friedrich Schönbein (18 October 1799 - 29 August 1868)
  10. ^ History of coin pressing
  11. ^ Boyne, Walter J. (1980). Messerschmitt Me 262 : arrow to the future. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. p. 117. ISBN 978-0-87474-276-3.

External links

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