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Siemens, Ernst Werner von

(Encyclopedia) Siemens, Ernst Werner vonSiemens, Ernst Werner vonĕrnst vĕrˈnər fən zēˈməns [key], 1816–92, German electrical engineer and inventor. He was a founder and director of Siemens and Halske…

Weiss, Rainer

(Encyclopedia) Weiss, Rainer, 1932–, American physicist, b. Berlin, Germany, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1962. Weiss has been on the faculty of the Massachusetts Institute of…

Ruth Werner 2000 Deaths

Ruth WernerAge: 93 valiant Soviet spy who, with Klaus Fuchs, radioed critical information on the atomic bomb to Moscow, accelerating the Soviets' production and detonation of the bomb in 1949…

Werner Klemperer 2000 Deaths

Werner KlempererAge: 80 Emmy Award-winning actor who played bumbling, monocled Nazi Col. Wilhelm Klink on television's Hogan's Heroes. His true love, however, was music. He performed in…

Werner, Abraham Gottlob

(Encyclopedia) Werner, Abraham GottlobWerner, Abraham Gottlobäˈbrähäm gôtˈlōp vĕrˈnər [key], 1750–1817, German geologist. In 1775 he became inspector and teacher in the mining academy at Freiberg,…

Forssmann, Werner

(Encyclopedia) Forssmann, WernerForssmann, Wernervĕrˈnər fôrsˈmän [key], 1904–79, German physician and physiologist, M.D. Univ. of Berlin (1929). In the late 1920s, he developed the technique of…

Herzog, Werner

(Encyclopedia) Herzog, Werner, 1942–, German director, screenwriter, and producer; originally named Werner Stipetic. A leading contemporary German filmmaker, Herzog is known for his vivid and poetic…

Modersohn-Becker, Paula

(Encyclopedia) Modersohn-Becker, PaulaModersohn-Becker, Paulamōˈdərzōnˌ-bĕkˈər [key], 1876–1907, German painter. After studying in London and Berlin, she was greatly influenced by her experience at…

Tsvetayeva, Marina Ivanovna

(Encyclopedia) Tsvetayeva or Tsvetaeva, Marina IvanovnaTsvetayeva or Tsvetaeva, Marina Ivanovnatsvyĭtäˈyəvə [key], 1892–1941, Russian poet. She was a major Russian poet, who survived the civil war,…

Heisenberg, Werner

(Encyclopedia) Heisenberg, WernerHeisenberg, Wernervĕrˈnər hīˈzənbĕrk [key], 1901–76, German physicist. One of the founders of the quantum theory, he is best known for his uncertainty principle, or…