Werner Döring (2 September 1911,

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– 6 June 2006,

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) was a

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. From 1963 until his retirement in 1977, he was a full professor (Ordinarius) at the

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. His main interest was the theory of

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. His textbooks on theoretical physics have influenced several generations of students. He is remembered today for the

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–Döring theory of

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of liquid droplets in solids (in

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), and for the Zel'dovich–von Neumann–Döring detonation model (in

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Selected publications

* R. Becker, W. Döring, ''Kínetische Behandlung der Keimbildung in übersättigten Dämpfen'',

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416, 719-752 (1935); https://doi.org/10.1002/andp.19354160806 * R. Becker, W. Döring, ''Ferromagnetismus'', Berlin, Springer 1939 * W. Döring, ''Einführung in die Theoretische Physik'' (Sammlung Göschen; fünf Bände: Mechanik, Elektrodynamik, Optik, Thermodynamik, Statistische Mechanik), Berlin, 1957 * W. Döring, ''Einführung in die Quantenmechanik'', Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1962 * W. Döring, ''Mikromagnetismus'', in: Handbuch der Physik, S. Flügge Ed., Bd. XVIII/2, 1966 * W. Döring, ''Point Singularities in Micromagnetism'',

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39, 1006-1007 (1968); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1656144 * W. Döring, ''Atomphysik und Quantenmechanik'' (Band 1: ''Grundlagen'' - Berlin: De Gruyter, 2. verbesserte Auflage 1981, ; Band 2: ''Die allgemeinen Gesetze'', ditto, 1976, ; Band 3: ''Anwendungen'', ditto, 1979, ) {{DEFAULTSORT:Doring, Werner 1911 births 2006 deaths 20th-century German physicists German theoretical physicists Academic staff of the University of Hamburg