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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Manifesto of German Intellectuals, the Manifest of the "Culture-Warriors" of 1914 which loudly proclaimed the justness of Germany's cause. Four of 1914's fighting Intellectuals were among last week's rational Intellectuals: Playwright Gerhart Hauptmann, Artist Max Liebermann, Professor Adolph von Harnack, Scientist Max Planck. Hindenburg. Just as in Wartime both sides claim the Deity for their partisan, so last week did both armies in the great Battle of the Referendum claim the support of grizzled old Hero President Paul von Hindenburg. Hugenberg followers quoted the President's famed speech "protesting the War guilt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERMANY: Sense v. Nonsense | 10/28/1929 | See Source »

...Where lecture Max Planck (quantum theory), Albert Einstein, (relativity) and Erwin Schroedinger (wave mechanics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Chemical Meeting | 9/23/1929 | See Source »

Quantum Theory. Some 200 mathematical physicists listened, perhaps none of them with understanding, to the address of Dr. W. Heisenberg, young German, on the quantum theory of the structure of the universe. The quantum theory, as originated three decades ago by Dr. Max Planck, denies the existence of matter, as commonly conceived, replacing it with energy in basic units called quanta. As modified by Dr. Heisenberg, quanta depart entirely from such reality as can be apprehended by the senses, becoming terms in pure mathematics. Like the first few people to understand Dr. Albert Einstein, the Heisenberg enthusiasts agreed that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: At Leeds | 9/12/1927 | See Source »

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