Biography:Hans Christian von Baeyer
Hans Christian von Baeyer | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1938 (age 85–86) |
| Alma mater | Columbia University University of Miami Vanderbilt University |
| Awards | Andrew Gemant Award (2005) National Magazine Award (1991) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | College of William and Mary |
Hans Christian von Baeyer (born 1938) is a Chancellor Professor of Physics at the College of William and Mary. His books include Information: The New Language of Science, Warmth Disperses and Time Passes: The History of Heat and QBism: The Future of Quantum Physics.
He received the Science Journalism Award of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the National Magazine Award in the category "Essays and Criticism,"[1] which cites his "uncommon literary grace".[2][3] In addition, he also won the 2005 Andrew Gemant Award for science writing, for prose "crisp, captivating and illuminating" with "depth, passion and clarity" in the ideas conveyed.[4]
Von Baeyer was born in Germany and left the country during World War II.[5] He graduated from Columbia College in 1958 and received his M.S. from the University of Miami and Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University.[6] He is a descendant of German geologist and military officer Johann Jacob Baeyer, whose son, Adolf von Baeyer, won the 1905 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.[7]
In 1976, von Baeyer was selected as a Fellow of the American Physical Society.[8]
Bibliography
- Baeyer, Hans Christian von (1984). Rainbows, Snowflakes, and Quarks: Physics and the World Around Us. New York: McGraw-Hill.
- First published as: Baeyer, Hans Christian von (1998). Maxwell's Demon: Why Warmth Disperses and Time Passes. Random House. ISBN 9780679433422. OCLC 37695758.
References
- ↑ "That Relentless Whirligig: What Physics Tells us about Time" (in en). 2015-02-11. https://wolfhumanities.upenn.edu/events/relentless-whirligig-what-physics-tells-us-about-time.
- ↑ "Hans Christian Von Baeyer | Penguin Random House" (in en-US). https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/36251/hans-christian-von-baeyer.
- ↑ Baeyer, Hans Christian Von (2001-01-01) (in en). The Fermi Solution: Essays on Science. Courier Corporation. ISBN 978-0-486-41707-3. https://books.google.com/books?id=VhJr9Qx8ohsC&dq=uncommon+literary+grace+von+bayer&pg=PA184.
- ↑ "AIP Bestows Gemant Award on Von Baeyer" (in en). Physics Today 58 (6): 73. 2007-01-12. doi:10.1063/1.1996484. ISSN 0031-9228. https://physicstoday.scitation.org/doi/abs/10.1063/1.1996484.
- ↑ "W&M professor recounts leaving Germany as a child in 1944 at the end of World War II". https://www.dailypress.com/virginiagazette/opinion/va-vg-ed-shatz-von-baeyer-0610-20200609-25x7vns6lbgnndl2vhbx4zzowy-story.html.
- ↑ "Hans C. von Baeyer". http://www.physics.wm.edu/Faculty/VonBaeyer.html.
- ↑ "That Relentless Whirligig: What Physics Tells us about Time" (in en). 2015-02-11. https://www2.wolfhumanities.upenn.edu/events/relentless-whirligig-what-physics-tells-us-about-time.
- ↑ "APS Fellow Archive". American Physical Society. https://www.aps.org/programs/honors/fellowships/archive-all.cfm?initial=&year=1976&unit_id=&institution=.
External links
- "Hans Christian von Baeyer". University of William & Mary. https://scdbwiki.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Hans_Christian_von_Baeyer. Retrieved 2021-03-30.
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