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Hermann Oberth
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Austro-Hungarian-born German physicist and rocketry pioneer (1894-1989)
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Hermann Julius Oberth (1894–1989) was a Romanian and German physicist, inventor, essayist, and screenwriter. Born in Sibiu, he worked in the fields of astronautics and physics, with his work location listed as Feucht and his residence in Munich. He was a member of the Romanian Academy and the political party Die Heimat. Oberth participated in World War I and was influenced by Jules Verne. He is noted as the teacher of Wernher von Braun.
His notable works include *Ways to spaceflight*, *The rocket into planetary space*, *Stoff und leben*, *Briefwechsel*, and *Berliner Brennpunkt: Raumfahrt*. He received the Bavarian Order of Merit, the Rudolf-Diesel-Medaille, and the Wilhelm Exner Medal. Oberth died in Nuremberg.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1894
- Works
- 12
Top works
- Ways to spaceflight
- Stoff und leben
- The rocket into planetary space
- Briefwechsel
- Berliner Brennpunkt: Raumfahrt
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Writing
via TMDB
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,975x
- 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
· 2018 · cited 10,997x
- Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019
· 2020 · cited 10,241x
- Tricine-sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis for the separation of proteins in the range from 1 to 100 kDa
· 1987 · cited 9,413x
- 2018 ESC/ESH Guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension
· 2018 · cited 8,300x
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Early life
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