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Günter Wirths
Günter Wirths (1 June 1911 – 26 January 2005) was a German chemist who was an authority on uranium production, especially reactor-grade. He worked at ''Auergesellschaft'' in the production of uranium for the ''Heereswaffenamt'' and its ''Uranverein'' project. In 1945, he was sent the Soviet Union to work on the Russian atomic bomb project. When he was released from the Soviet Union, he settled in West Germany, and worked at the Degussa company. Career Early years Wirths was a colleague of Nikolaus Riehl, who was the director of the scientific headquarters of ''Auergesellschaft''. ''Auergesellschaft'' had a substantial amount of "waste" uranium from which it had extracted radium. After reading a paper in 1939 by Siegfried Flügge, on the technical use of nuclear energy from uranium, Riehl recognized a business opportunity for the company, and, in July of that year, went to the ''Heereswaffenamt'' (HWA, Army Ordnance Office) to discuss the production of uranium. The HWA w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Handelsblatt
The ''Handelsblatt'' (literally "commerce paper" in English) is a German-language business newspaper published in Düsseldorf Düsseldorf ( , , ; often in English sources; Low Franconian and Ripuarian: ''Düsseldörp'' ; archaic nl, Dusseldorp ) is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second-largest city in th ... by Handelsblatt Media Group, formerly known as Verlagsgruppe Handelsblatt. History and profile ''Handelsblatt'' was established in 1946 by journalist Herbert Gross (journalist), Herbert Gross, but after some months Friedrich Vogel (journalist), Friedrich Vogel (1902–1976) became publisher. In 1969, Georg von Holtzbrinck became partner of Friedrich Vogel. Since 2021, its editor-in-chief is Sebastian Matthes. Its publisher, Handelsblatt Media Group, also publishes the weekly business magazine ''Wirtschaftswoche'' of which the editor-in-chief is Beat Balzli. ''Handelsblatts headquarters are in Düsseldorf. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |