Siegfried Flügge
Siegfried Flügge | |
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| Born | March 16, 1916 Dresden, Germany |
| Died | December 15, 1997 (aged 81) Hinterzarten, Germany |
| Alma mater | University of Göttingen (PhD) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Nuclear physics |
| Thesis | Der Einfluβ der Neutronen auf den inneren Aufbau der Sterne (1933) |
| Doctoral advisor | Max Born |
Siegfried Flügge (16 March 1912, in Dresden – 15 December 1997, in Hinterzarten) was a German theoretical physicist who made contributions to nuclear physics and the theoretical basis for nuclear weapons. He worked on the German nuclear energy project. From 1941 onward he was a lecturer at several German universities, and from 1956 to 1984, editor of the 54-volume, prestigious Handbuch der Physik.