Author: Hippel, Arthur Robert von [1898-2003]
Title: Experimentelle Untersuchung des Thermomikrophones
Description: Leipzig, Joh. Ambr. Barth, 1925. orig. wrappers. 22x14cm, (28) pages. Pagination runs 590- 618. Caption title. Offprint from 'Annalen der Physik', vol. 381 no. 6.. Minor wear. A small stain to cover. Good. ¶ ["von Hippel was a German American materials scientist and physicist. Von Hippel was a pioneer in the study of dielectrics, ferromagnetic and ferroelectric materials, and semiconductors and was a codeveloper of radar during World War II...." - wikipedia] ["von Hippel studied physics in Gö ttingen, where Born, Franck, Pohl, Courant and Hilbert were teaching– to name only a few of the many celebrities. He took the Doctor degree in 1924 “summa cum laude” at the University of Göttingen with his thesis “Thermo- microphones” carried out at the Institute for Applied Electricity, whose Director, Professor Max Reich, was the thesis supervisor. The other doctorate examiners were Max Born and Gustav Tammann. The thesis showed already von Hippel's unusual talents and capabilities as a theorist and experimentalist...."- obituary, Materials Research Society website].

Keywords: History of Science, Physics, Thermal Receivers, Thermo-microphones, Microphones, Engineering, , ,