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Lenard, Ruth,
1
Lenard, Werner,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
Lenard effect,
1
Lenard tube,
1
,
2
,
3.1
-
3.2
,
4.1
-
4.2
Lenard window,
1
Leuven, Belgium,
1.1
-
1.2
Lindstedt, A.,
1
,
2.1
-
2.2
,
3.1
-
3.2
Locker-Lampson, Oliver,
1.1
-
1.2
Lossow, Otto Herrmann von,
1
Ludendorff, Erich,
1
Luettwitz–Kapp faction,
1
M
Manhattan Project,
1.1
-
1.2
,
2
,
3.1
-
3.2
,
4
“
“Manifesto of the Ninety-three German Intellectuals” (Fulda, Sudermann, and Reicke),
1.1
-
1.2
M
Mayer, Walther,
1
McCarthy hearings,
1.1
-
1.2
McIntyre, John,
1
Mein Kampf
(Hitler),
1
,
2.1
-
2.2
Menzel, Willi,
1.1
-
1.2
,
2
,
3.1
-
3.2
Mercury’s orbit,
1
,
2.1
-
2.2
,
3.1
-
3.2
,
4
Meyer, Edgar,
1.1
-
1.2
Milliken, Robert,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5.1
-
5.2
Moszkowski, Alexander,
1
,
2.1
-
2.2
Mueller, Friedrich von,
1
,
2
N
National Socialist German Workers Party (NSDAP, Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei,
Nazis),
1
,
2
beer hall putsch,
1.1
-
1.2
Lenard and Stark ingratiated with,
1
Stark’s appointments,
1.1
-
1.2
Nature
,
1.1
-
1.2
,
2
Naturwissenschaften
,
1
Nernst, Walther,
1
,
2
Neue Zurcher Zeitung
,
1.1
-
1.2
Newton, Isaac,
1
Newtonian physics,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
Nicolai, Georg Friedrich,
1
Night of the Long Knives,
1
Nobel, Alfred,
1.1
-
1.2
,
2
,
3
Nobel Prize
Einstein’s nominations,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4.1
-
4.2
,
5
,
6
experimental
vs.
theoretical physics,
1.1
-
1.2
selection process,
1
,
2.1
-
2.2
special reports on Einstein and relativity,
1.1
-
1.2
,
2
,
3.1
-
3.2
Nobel Prize recipients,
1
,
2
Born,
1.1
-
1.2
Curie,
1
Einstein,
1
,
2
,
3
Franck,
1
Haber,
1
Heisenberg,
1
Hertz,
1
Lenard,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4.1
-
4.2
,
5
Planck,
1
Roentgen,
1
,
2
,
3
Schroedinger,
1
van Laue,
1
,
2
Wien,
1
“
“non-Aryan,” as euphemism for Jews,
1
,
2
N
Notgemeinschaft Deutscher Wissenschaftler
,
1
Nuremberg Laws,
1
,
2
,
3
Nya Dagligt Allehande
,
1
O
observations,
1
,
2.1
-
2.2
Ohnesorge, Wilhelm,
1
Olympic Academy,
1
,
2
“
“On a New Kind of Rays” (Roentgen),
1.1
-
1.2
“On the Experimental Fundamentals of the Relativity Principle” (Laub),
1
O
On the Principle of Relativity, Ether, and Gravitation
(Lenard),
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
Oppenheimer, Robert,
1
,
2.1
-
2.2
Oscar II,
1
,
2
,
3
Oseen, Carl Wilhelm,
1.1
-
1.2
Ostwald, Wilhelm,
1
P
pacifism,
1
,
2
,
3.1
-
3.2
particle physics,
1.1
-
1.2
perihelion,
1
,
2.1
-
2.2
,
3.1
-
3.2
,
4
photodynamics,
1
photoelectric effect,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
Einstein’s Nobel Prize,
1.1
-
1.2
,
2
,
3.1
-
3.2
Physical and Medical Society of Wuerzburg,
1
,
2
Physikalische Zeitschrift
,
1
,
2
Planck, Max,
1
,
2
,
3.1
-
3.2
,
4
,
5
called “white Jew,”
1
,
2.1
-
2.2
chairs Bad Nauheim debate,
1.1
-
1.2
Einstein’s apology and,
1
Hitler, meeting with,
1.1
-
1.2
,
2
photoelectric effect,
1
,
2
president of Kaiser Wilhelm Society,
1
,
2.1
-
2.2
quantum hypothesis,
1
quantum theory,
1.1
-
1.2
,
2
,
3
signs Manifesto,
1
Planck’s constant,
1
pragmatic mentality,
1
,
2.1
-
2.2
“
“The Pragmatic and Dogmatic Spirit in Physics” (Stark),
1.1
-
1.2
P
Princeton University,
1.1
-
1.2
Prussian Academy of Sciences,
1.1
-
1.2
,
2
,
3
,
4
Q
quantum theory,
1
,
2.1
-
2.2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7
R
Rabi, Isidor,
1
Rathenau, Walther,
1
,
2.1
-
2.2
Reagan, Ronald,
1
reference systems,
1
Reich Physical and Technical Institute,
1
,
2.1
-
2.2
,
3
Reichstag fire,
1
Reicke, Georg,
1
relativism,
1.1
-
1.2
relativity
anti-relativity campaigns,
1
,
2
,
3.1
-
3.2
,
4
,
5.1
-
5.2
,
6
,
7.1
-
7.2
,
8
,
9
,
10
Einstein’s humor about,
1
Nobel Prize special reports on,
1.1
-
1.2
,
2
,
3.1
-
3.2
relativism equated with,
1.1
-
1.2
special relativity, theory of,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7
See also
general relativity, theory of
Relativity Theory, Ether, and Gravitation
(Lenard),
1
Relativity—the Special and General Theory
(Einstein),
1
Robeson, Paul,
1
Roentgen, Wilhelm Conrad,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5.1
-
5.2
,
6.1
-
6.2
correspondence with Lenard,
1.1
-
1.2
Nazis dismiss work of,
1.1
-
1.2
signs Manifesto,
1
as “white Jew”,
1
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano,
1.1
-
1.2
Rosenberg, Alfred,
1
Rubens, Heinrich,
1
Rust, Bernhard,
1
Rutherford, Ernest,
1
S
SA (storm troopers),
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
book burning,
1.1
-
1.2
Sachs, Alexander,
1
Schmidt, Friedrich,
1
Schmidt-Ott, Friedrich,
1
Schroedinger, Erwin,
1.1
-
1.2
,
2
Schwartz, Philipp,
1
Seeliger, Hugo von,
1
Seisser, Hans Ritter von,
1
Social Democrats,
1
,
2
solar eclipse expedition, 1919,
1
,
2
,
3.1
-
3.2
,
4.1
-
4.2
,
5.1
-
5.2
Sommerfeld, Arnold,
1
,
2.1
-
2.2
,
3.1
-
3.2
,
4
called “white Jew,”
1
,
2.1
-
2.2
Sophia of Nassau,
1
special relativity, theory of,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7
Stark, Hans,
1
Stark, Johannes,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4.1
-
4.2
,
5
,
6.1
-
6.2
anti-Einstein activity,
1.1
-
1.2
appointments under Nazis,
1.1
-
1.2
arrested by Allies,
1.1
-
1.2
at Bad Nauheim,
1
disrespect of peers,
1
Heisenberg, attacks on,
1.1
-
1.2
Hitler, access to,
1
Jews in universities, opposition to,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4.1
-
4.2
letter to
Nature
,
1.1
-
1.2
quarrels with colleagues,
1.1
-
1.2
reactionary politics,
1
,
2
reviles Einstein,
1.1
-
1.2
Roentgen and,
1
,
2
as target of Himmler,
1.1
-
1.2
Weyland and,
1
Writings:
The Current Crisis in German Physics
,
1.1
-
1.2
,
2
“The Hitler Spirit and Science” (with Lenard),
1.1
-
1.2
,
2
“The Pragmatic and Dogmatic Spirit in Physics,”
1.1
-
1.2
“White Jews in Science,”
1.1
-
1.2
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