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Ruth Westheimer (1928–2024), German-American sex therapist, talk show host, author, Doctor of Education, Holocaust survivor, and former Haganah sniper. William the Silent (1533–1584), German-born main leader of the Dutch revolt against the Spanish Habsburgs [25] Johann Joachim Winckelmann (1717–1768), art historian and archaeologist
During World War II, he was head of the Theoretical Division at the secret Los Alamos laboratory which developed the first atomic bombs. Emil Adolf von Behring: Discovered the diphtheria antitoxin. It was the world's first cure for a disease (1891). [3] He was awarded history's first Nobel Prize in Physiology of Medicine in 1901.
1912: The world's first diesel locomotive by Gesellschaft für Thermo-Lokomotiven Diesel-Klose-Sulzer GmbH from Munich [597] and Borsig from Berlin [598] 1915: The world's first all-metal aircraft (Junkers J 1) by Junkers [599] 1916: Gasoline direct injection (GDI) by Junkers [600] 1928: First rocket-powered aircraft (Lippisch Ente) by ...
Michael Maestlin (1550-1631), mathematician, astronomer, Kepler's mentor; Johannes Remus Quietanus, astronomer; Paul Hermann (1645-1696), botanist; Johannes Kepler (1571-1630), mathematician and astronomer, He is a key figure in the 17th-century Scientific Revolution, best known for his laws of planetary motion, and his books Astronomia nova, Harmonice Mundi, and Epitome Astronomiae ...
Germany is currently the nation with the 3rd most Nobel Prize winners: 2nd most in the category of physics and chemistry, [1] 3rd most in physiology or medicine [2] and 4th most in literature. Overall there are 115 German Nobel Prize laureates.
Peace activists usually work with others in the overall anti-war and peace movements to focus the world's attention on what they perceive to be the irrationality of violent conflicts, decisions, and actions. They thus initiate and facilitate wide public dialogues intended to nonviolently alter long-standing societal agreements directly relating ...
The German public was allowed to vote (via postcard, SMS or Internet) for the most important Germans—historical or contemporary—from a list of more than 300 people, plus additional suggestions. This pre-determined list of candidates was created for two reasons:
The culture of Germany has been shaped by major intellectual and popular currents in Europe, both religious and secular. German culture originated with the Germanic tribes, the earliest evidence of Germanic culture dates to the Jastorf culture in Northern Germany and Denmark. Contact with Germanic tribes were described by various Greco-Roman ...