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Johannes Stark
Johannes Stark was a German physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1919 for his discovery of the Stark effect.
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science · German physicist (1874–1957) · physicist · university teacher · also Johannes Stark, Johannes Nikolaus Stark, Stark
Born 15 April 1874 · Died 21 June 1957 · Q57092
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Published “Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019” in Journal of the American College of Cardiology — cited 10,312 times.
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Published “Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019” in The Lancet — cited 16,051 times.
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1970· 1 entry
The International Astronomical Union honored him with a crater on the far-side of the Moon, without knowing about his Nazi activities
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1957· 2 entries
Died 1957-06-21.
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“If the experimental physicist has already done a great deal of work in this field, nevertheless the theoretical physicist has still hardly begun to evaluate the experimental material which may lead him to conclusions about the structure of the atom.”
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1949· 1 entry
By the Appelate Tribunal in Munich, reducing the sentence to "Lesser Offender" and a fine of 1000 marks
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1947· 2 entries
Was found guilty as a "Major Offender" by a denazification court, but this was reduced to "Lesser Offender" in 1949 after appeal
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Following the defeat of Germany in World War II, Stark was classified as a "Major Offender" and received a sentence of four years' imprisonment (later suspended) by a denazification court
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1941· 1 entry
Nationale Erziehung, Zentrumsherrschaft und Jesuitenpolitik, undated
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1939· 2 entries
Won Goethe Medal for Art and Science (1939).
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Stark was President of the Physikalisch-Technische Reichsanstalt, while also President of the Notgemeinschaft der Deutschen Wissenschaft
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1934· 1 entry
Stark wrote to physicist and fellow Nobel laureate Max von Laue, telling him to toe the party line or suffer the consequences
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1928· 1 entry
Atomstrukturelle Grundlagen der Stickstoffchemie
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1919· 4 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics — for his discovery of the Doppler effect in canal rays and the splitting of spectral lines in electric fields.
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Awarded Nobel Prize in Physics (1919).
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Stark was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics "for his 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)
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For his discovery of the Stark effect
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1915· 1 entry
Won Matteucci Medal (1915).
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1907· 1 entry
Then still rather unknown, Albert Einstein to write a review article on the principle of relativity
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1906· 1 entry
Was appointed Extraordinary Professor at Königliche Technische Hochschule in Hanover, and in 1909 became Professor at RWTH Aachen University
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1900· 1 entry
Stark became a Privatdozent at the University of Göttingen
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1894· 1 entry
Entered the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, where he studied physics, mathematics, chemistry, and crystallography
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1874· 1 entry
Born 1874-04-15.
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