The Guardian: Mrs Stern Wanders the Prussian State Library review – interrogating Hannah Arendt
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Otto Stern
Otto Stern was a German–American experimental physicist. He is the second most nominated person for a Nobel Prize, with 82 nominations during the years 1925–1945. In 1943, he received the Nobel Prize in Physics "for his contribution to the development of the molecular ray method and his discovery of the magnetic moment of the proton."
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science · German–American physicist (1888–1969) · physicist · chemist · university teacher · also Otto Stern, O. Stern, O Stern, Stern
Born 17 February 1888 · Died 17 August 1969 · Q57072
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2026· 4 entries
San Diego Jewish World: Otto Stern, German-American Nobel laureate in physics
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The Guardian: The hill I will die on: Remove those earphones – you’re blocking out the music of humanity | Stefan Stern
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The Guardian: Djokovic’s powers of recovery face stern Sinner test in tantalising semi-final
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2018· 1 entry
Published “Systematic review or scoping review? Guidance for authors when choosing between a systematic or scoping review approach” in BMC Medical Research Methodology — cited 9,236 times.
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2015· 1 entry
Published “MDS clinical diagnostic criteria for Parkinson's disease” in Movement Disorders — cited 7,061 times.
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2008· 1 entry
Published “Movement Disorder Society‐sponsored revision of the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (MDS‐UPDRS): Scale presentation and clinimetric testing results” in Movement Disorders — cited 6,940 times.
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2000· 1 entry
Published “New Environmental Theories: Toward a Coherent Theory of Environmentally Significant Behavior” in Journal of Social Issues — cited 6,936 times.
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1982· 1 entry
Published “Electronic properties of two-dimensional systems” in Reviews of Modern Physics — cited 6,928 times.
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1969· 2 entries
Died 1969-08-17.
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“Shall we do it?" "Well, then let's go, we shall do it!" Otto Stern asking, Walther Gerlach answering.”
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1946· 1 entry
“Some of Pauli’s great theoretical contributions came from Stern’s suggestions, or rather questions; for example, the theory of magnetism of free electrons in metals.”
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1943· 4 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics — for his contribution to the development of the molecular ray method and his discovery of the magnetic moment of the proton.
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Awarded honorary member of the Physics Association (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) (1943).
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Awarded Nobel Prize in Physics (1943).
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Received the Nobel Prize in Physics "for his contribution to the development of the molecular ray method and his discovery of the magnetic moment of the proton
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1933· 1 entry
Because of the Nazis' Machtergreifung (seizure of power), he found refuge in the city of Pittsburgh, becoming Professor of Physics at the Carnegie Institute of Technology
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1921· 1 entry
Was appointed Associate Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Rostock, and then Professor of Physical Chemistry and director of the laboratory at the University of Hamburg in 1923
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1913· 1 entry
To ETH Zurich, where he became a Privatdozent in Physical Chemistry
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1892· 1 entry
Moved with his parents to Breslau (now Wrocław, Poland)
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1888· 1 entry
Born 1888-02-17.
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