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Nimtz
Nimtz is a surname. Notable people with this surname include: * F. Jay Nimtz (1915–1990), American politician * Günter Nimtz (born 1936), German physicist See also *Nimitz (other) {{surname Surnames of German origin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Günter Nimtz
Günter Nimtz (born 22 September 1936) is a German physicist, working at the 2nd Physics Institute at the University of Cologne in Germany. He has investigated narrow-gap semiconductors and liquid crystals. His claims show that particles may travel Faster-than-light, faster than the speed of light (''c'') when undergoing quantum tunneling. Academic career Günter Nimtz studied Electrical Engineering in Mannheim and Physics at the University of Heidelberg. He graduated from the University of Vienna and became a professor of physics at the University of Cologne in 1983. During 1977 he was a research associate for teaching and researching at McGill University, Montreal/Canada. He achieved emeritus status in 2001. During 2004 he was Visiting Professor at the University of Shanghai and of the Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications. From 2001 to 2008 he was teaching and doing fundamental research at the University of Koblenz-Landau. Industrial research and development ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nimitz (other)
Nimitz may refer to: People * Chester W. Nimitz (1885–1966), fleet admiral of the United States Navy * Chester Nimitz Jr. (1915–2002), an American officer and submarine commander * Jack Nimitz (1930–2009), American musician Named for Fleet Admiral Nimitz * USS ''Nimitz'' (CVN-68), a U.S. Navy supercarrier ** ''Nimitz''-class aircraft carrier, a class of ten nuclear-powered aircraft carriers ** USS ''Nimitz'' UFO incident, a 2004 unexplained aerial phenomenon * Nimitz High School (Harris County, Texas), Houston, Texas * Nimitz High School (Irving, Texas) * Nimitz Elementary School, Sunnyvale, California * Nimitz Freeway, a designation of Interstate 880 in the San Francisco Bay Area * Nimitz Highway, a local name for Hawaii Route 92, a major east–west highway on the island of Oahu * Nimitz, West Virginia * Nimitz Glacier, an Antarctic glacier * Nimitz Strike Group, a deployment of the U.S. Navy's Carrier Strike Group 11 * Admiral Nimitz Museum, a feature of the Natio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surname
In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name, as the forename, or at the end; the number of surnames given to an individual also varies. As the surname indicates genetic inheritance, all members of a family unit may have identical surnames or there may be variations; for example, a woman might marry and have a child, but later remarry and have another child by a different father, and as such both children could have different surnames. It is common to see two or more words in a surname, such as in compound surnames. Compound surnames can be composed of separate names, such as in traditional Spanish culture, they can be hyphenated together, or may contain prefixes. Using names has been documented in even the oldest historical records. Examples of surnames are documented in the 11th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
