Category: physicsDocs

Karl Kruszelnicki

Karl Kruszelnicki

Karl Sven Woytek Sas Konkovitch Matthew Kruszelnicki AM (born 1948), often referred to as Dr Karl,[2] is an Australian science communicator and populariser,[2] who is known as an author and a science commentator on Australian radio, television, and podcasts. Kruszelnicki is the Julius Sumner Miller Fellow in the Science Foundation for Physics at the School of Physics, University of Sydney. Kruszelnicki was awarded a Master of Biomedical Read more [...]
Franz Anton Mesmer

Franz Anton Mesmer

Franz Anton Mesmer (/ˈmɛzmər/ MEZ-mər;[1] German: [ˈmɛsmɐ]; 23 May 1734 – 5 March 1815) was a German physician with an interest in astronomy. He theorized the existence of a process of natural energy transference occurring between all animate and inanimate objects; this he called "animal magnetism", later referred to as mesmerism. Mesmer's theory attracted a wide following between about 1780 and 1850, and continued to have some influence until the end of the 19th century.[2] In Read more [...]
Björn Migge

Björn Migge

Björn Migge (* 1963) is a German physician and author of specialist books on coaching. Migge first studied astrophysics, then medicine at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, where he received his doctorate in 1995 with a study on otosclerosis.[1] Until the end of 2003, he worked as a physician and lecturer at the University Hospital of Zurich. Since 2003, he has specialized in coaching and psychotherapy and hypnotherapy. Migge teaches clinical hypnosis at the Ruhr University Bochum. Read more [...]
Andreas Diemer

Andreas Diemer

Whenever my profession leaves some time, I take my trumpet and play jazz. Originally educated as a cello player, I soon felt the borders of classical music too close. I needed more freedom to express myself, to play my own music, to create chorusses, arrangements and compositions and to play “dirty” notes when I wanted. So jazz has become my passion for almost 40 years. I play by myself, in a sextett !ALIVE!, in a Big Band Jazz Association Orchestra or in a piano/flugelhorn Read more [...]
David Saint-Jacques

David Saint-Jacques

David Saint-Jacques OQ FRCGS (in Quebec: [davɪd sẽɪ̯̃nʒã(ŋ)k̚], French pronunciation: ​[david sɛ̃ʒak]; born January 6, 1970)[2] is a Canadian astronaut with the Canadian Space Agency (CSA). He is also an astrophysicist, engineer, and a physician. In December 2018, he launched to the International Space Station, as Flight Engineer on Expeditions 57, 58 and 59; he returned to Earth on June 25, 2019. Saint-Jacques Read more [...]