Gernot Münster
@gernot-muenster.bsky.social
Professor for Theoretical Physics, retired, University of Münster, Center for Philosophy of Science, #WeStandWithUkraine
https://www.uni-muenster.de/Physik.TP/~munsteg/
https://www.uni-muenster.de/Physik.TP/~munsteg/
Strangely, Einstein didn’t give credit to Michelson and Morley in his 1905 paper on relativity.
December 20, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Strangely, Einstein didn’t give credit to Michelson and Morley in his 1905 paper on relativity.
That afternoon, a colleague found Jordan asleep in a meadow and asked him if he had missed his train. Jordan replied, "I'll wait until tomorrow. If Bethe has miscalculated and the entire atmosphere burns up, the arduous journey would have been unnecessary."
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December 12, 2025 at 4:08 PM
That afternoon, a colleague found Jordan asleep in a meadow and asked him if he had missed his train. Jordan replied, "I'll wait until tomorrow. If Bethe has miscalculated and the entire atmosphere burns up, the arduous journey would have been unnecessary."
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and concluded that the probability of such an event was extraordinarily small.
After a visit to southern Germany in 1946, Pascual Jordan planned to return to Hamburg by train. His scheduled train journey coincided with the planned H-bomb test on Bikini Atoll.
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After a visit to southern Germany in 1946, Pascual Jordan planned to return to Hamburg by train. His scheduled train journey coincided with the planned H-bomb test on Bikini Atoll.
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December 12, 2025 at 4:08 PM
and concluded that the probability of such an event was extraordinarily small.
After a visit to southern Germany in 1946, Pascual Jordan planned to return to Hamburg by train. His scheduled train journey coincided with the planned H-bomb test on Bikini Atoll.
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After a visit to southern Germany in 1946, Pascual Jordan planned to return to Hamburg by train. His scheduled train journey coincided with the planned H-bomb test on Bikini Atoll.
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„First evidence“? 🤣
December 1, 2025 at 12:58 PM
„First evidence“? 🤣
Ja, das waren Jan Oort und Fritz Zwicky, denen das auffiel.
November 28, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Ja, das waren Jan Oort und Fritz Zwicky, denen das auffiel.
So hab ich’s schon mal gemacht 😜
November 27, 2025 at 3:27 PM
So hab ich’s schon mal gemacht 😜
Im wissenschaftlichen Bereich gibt es Verlage, die LaTeX-Quellen akzeptieren. Fast alle Verlage akzeptieren MS-Word (🤮). PDF wird eher selten akzeptiert, soweit mir bekannt ist.
November 27, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Im wissenschaftlichen Bereich gibt es Verlage, die LaTeX-Quellen akzeptieren. Fast alle Verlage akzeptieren MS-Word (🤮). PDF wird eher selten akzeptiert, soweit mir bekannt ist.
I was told this story when I was a postdoc in Bern.
November 26, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I was told this story when I was a postdoc in Bern.
Interesting! Where did you find it?
November 26, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Interesting! Where did you find it?
A guest at the next table jumped up and exclaimed, "My God, what did you say? How much longer will the sun shine?" Houtermans replied, "Approximately 6 billion years." The guest then said, "Oh, thank goodness! I thought you said 6 million."
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November 26, 2025 at 10:45 AM
A guest at the next table jumped up and exclaimed, "My God, what did you say? How much longer will the sun shine?" Houtermans replied, "Approximately 6 billion years." The guest then said, "Oh, thank goodness! I thought you said 6 million."
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This one provides the theoretical framework.
November 25, 2025 at 2:44 PM
This one provides the theoretical framework.
Lucy Mensing, forgotten pioneer of quantum mechanics ⚛️
Lucy Mensing was born #OTD in Hamburg in 1901. In the 1920s she made fundamental contributions to the new quantum mechanics. Nevertheless, she is almost completely forgotten today. What did she contribute and what led
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Lucy Mensing was born #OTD in Hamburg in 1901. In the 1920s she made fundamental contributions to the new quantum mechanics. Nevertheless, she is almost completely forgotten today. What did she contribute and what led
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November 7, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Gegen den bildungstheoretischen Mainstream, sondern aus der Praxis. Danke! Immerhin gibt es hier und da positive Ansätze, z. B. in Hamburg.
October 28, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Gegen den bildungstheoretischen Mainstream, sondern aus der Praxis. Danke! Immerhin gibt es hier und da positive Ansätze, z. B. in Hamburg.
Sehr schöner Einblick in dieses Thema!
October 5, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Sehr schöner Einblick in dieses Thema!
Physik: Michael Berry
October 2, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Physik: Michael Berry
Patient: „Herr Doktor, jeden Morgen um 7 Uhr hab ich Stuhlgang.“
Arzt: „Das ist bestens für Ihre Gesundheit. Was ist das Problem?“
Patient: „Ich wache erst um halb Acht auf.“
Arzt: „Das ist bestens für Ihre Gesundheit. Was ist das Problem?“
Patient: „Ich wache erst um halb Acht auf.“
September 29, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Patient: „Herr Doktor, jeden Morgen um 7 Uhr hab ich Stuhlgang.“
Arzt: „Das ist bestens für Ihre Gesundheit. Was ist das Problem?“
Patient: „Ich wache erst um halb Acht auf.“
Arzt: „Das ist bestens für Ihre Gesundheit. Was ist das Problem?“
Patient: „Ich wache erst um halb Acht auf.“
Again, this misinterpretation of the observed effect. I don’t feel like repeating my comments on that.
September 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Again, this misinterpretation of the observed effect. I don’t feel like repeating my comments on that.
Women in the History of Quantum Physics | Cambridge University Press & Assessment
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August 4, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Yes, I think so. My QM courses had about 2 to 3 hours about the measurement problem and interpretations, and that didn’t take away anything from the other content.
(As in my textbook “Quantentheorie”, but it’s in German.)
(As in my textbook “Quantentheorie”, but it’s in German.)
August 4, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Yes, I think so. My QM courses had about 2 to 3 hours about the measurement problem and interpretations, and that didn’t take away anything from the other content.
(As in my textbook “Quantentheorie”, but it’s in German.)
(As in my textbook “Quantentheorie”, but it’s in German.)
Great! An intricate topic explained descriptive and comprehensively.
August 2, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Great! An intricate topic explained descriptive and comprehensively.