''Physikalische Zeitschrift'' (English: ''Physical Journal'') was a German
scientific journal of
physics
Physics is the natural science that studies matter, its fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge which r ...
published from 1899 to 1945 by
S. Hirzel Verlag. In 1924, it merged with ''Jahrbuch der Radioaktivität und Elektronik''. From 1944 onwards, the journal published the ''Reichsberichte für Physik'' (English: ''
Reich
''Reich'' (; ) is a German noun whose meaning is analogous to the meaning of the English word "realm"; this is not to be confused with the German adjective "reich" which means "rich". The terms ' (literally the "realm of an emperor") and ' (lit ...
Reports for Physics'').
Several publications of great historical significance have been published in it, such as
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein ( ; ; 14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist, widely acknowledged to be one of the greatest and most influential physicists of all time. Einstein is best known for developing the theory ...
's "Über die Entwicklung unserer Anschauungen über das Wesen und die Konstitution der Strahlung" (''On the Development of Our Views Concerning the Nature and Constitution of Radiation'') and
Carl von Weizsäcker's work on the
source of energy in stars. During its life, it was edited by several prominent physicists, such as
Peter Debye
Peter Joseph William Debye (; ; March 24, 1884 – November 2, 1966) was a Dutch-American physicist and physical chemist, and Nobel laureate in Chemistry.
Biography
Early life
Born Petrus Josephus Wilhelmus Debije in Maastricht, Netherlands, D ...
.
Towards the end of its life, it was considered to represent "the more conservative elements within the German physics community", alongside ''
Annalen der Physik
''Annalen der Physik'' (English: ''Annals of Physics'') is one of the oldest scientific journals on physics; it has been published since 1799. The journal publishes original, peer-reviewed papers on experimental, theoretical, applied, and mathe ...
''.
See also
* ''
Zeitschrift für Physik
''Zeitschrift für Physik'' (English: ''Journal for Physics'') is a defunct series of German peer-reviewed physics journals established in 1920 by Springer Berlin Heidelberg. The series stopped publication in 1997, when it merged with other journ ...
''
References
External links
Index of freely available volumes
Some of the early volumes (before 1908) are available on
Archive.org
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. Volumes from 1899 to 1923 are available on
HathiTrust:
, but some volumes are behind a paywall.
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All volumes from 1 to 21 (1899–1920) ar
free availableon Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek.
Physics journals
Publications established in 1899
Publications disestablished in 1945
German-language journals
Defunct journals
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