Erich Bagge

Erich Bagge
Born
Erich Rudolf Bagge

(1912-05-30)May 30, 1912
Neustadt bei Coburg, Coburg, Bavaria, Germany
DiedJune 5, 1996(1996-06-05) (aged 84)
Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
NationalityGerman
OccupationScientist

Erich Rudolf Bagge (30 May 1912, in Neustadt bei Coburg – 5 June 1996, in Kiel) was a German scientist. Bagge, a student of Werner Heisenberg for his doctorate[1] and Habilitation,[2] was engaged in German Atomic Energy research and the German nuclear energy project during the Second World War. He worked as an Assistant at the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut für Physik in Berlin. Bagge, who became associated professor at the University of Hamburg in 1948, was in particular involved in the usage of nuclear power for trading vessels, and he was one of the founders of the Society for the Usage of Nuclear Energy in Ship-Building and Seafare.

The first German nuclear vessel, the "NS Otto Hahn", was launched in 1962. A research reactor was installed in Geesthacht near Hamburg at about the same time which has over the years formed into a center for materials research with neutrons.

  1. ^ 1938 Doctorate: "Beiträge zur Theorie der schweren Atomkerne". See Archive Archived 2012-02-09 at the Wayback Machine - Leipzig University.
  2. ^ 1941 Habilitation: "Kernzertrümmerungen und schwere Teilchen in der kosmischen Strahlung". See Archive Archived 2012-02-09 at the Wayback Machine - Leipzig University.