Hermann Oberth
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Hermann Oberth was an Austro-Hungarian-born German physicist who became a pioneering figure in rocket science during the 20th century. His work laid important theoretical and practical foundations for space exploration and rocketry, making him a key figure in the early development of technologies that would eventually enable human spaceflight.
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- Born
- 1894
- Died
- 1989-12-28
- Works
- 12
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- Ways to spaceflight
- Stoff und leben
- The rocket into planetary space
- Briefwechsel
- Berliner Brennpunkt: Raumfahrt
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- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
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Hermann Julius Oberth ( German: [ˈhɛrman ˈjuːli̯ʊs ˈoːbɛrt]; 25 June 1894 – 28 December 1989) was an Austro-Hungarian-born German physicist and rocket pioneer of Transylvanian Saxon descent. Oberth supported Nazi Germany's war effort and received the War Merit Cross (1st Class) in 1943.
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1894 births1989 deaths20th-century German engineers20th-century German essayists20th-century German male writers20th-century German physicists20th-century Hungarian physicists20th-century LutheransBabeș-Bolyai University alumniEarly rocketryEarly spaceflight scientistsEmigrants from Austria-Hungary to Germany