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1 Scientific achievements
2 Noted people
- 2.1 Alumni
3 Goethe citation
4 Cite book
5 Reflist

[edit] Scientific achievements

Spektralanalyse - Bunsen u. Krichhoff ^[1]
Caesium u. Rubidium ^[2]
Bunsen cell ^[3]
absolute point of ebullition - mendeleev - Later periodic table of elements in St. Petersburgh ^[4]
Isolated and identified nicotine as the main pharmacologically active component of tobacco -Posselt/Reimann ^[5]
Introduced environmental physics ^[6]
Invented Plastination ^[7]
800 Planten entdeckt - LSW ^[8]
Neue Strategie für eine Impfung gegen bestimmte Formen von Krebs entdeckt^[9]

Among historical scientific achievements of Heidelberg researchers features prominently the invention of Spectroscopy,^[10] and of the Bunsen burner;^[11] the discovery of chemical elements Caesium and Rubidium;^[10] the identification of the absolute point of ebullition;^[12] and the identification and isolation of nicotine as the main pharmacologically active component of tobacco.^[13] Enivironmental Physics was introduced as a scientific discipline by Heidelberg faculty,^[14] and almost 800 planets have been discovered at the Heidelberg Center for Astronomy.^[15] Moreover, Heidelberg researchers invented the process of Plastination to preserve body tissue,^[16] and recently developed a new strategy for a vaccination in order to prevent certain forms of cancer.^[17]

[edit] Noted people

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Main article: List of University of Heidelberg people

Helmut Kohl - Chancellor of Germany (1982 - 1998) and architect of German Reunification - M.A. 1956; Ph.D. 1958

Alumni and faculty of the university include many founders and pioneers of academic disciplines, and a large number of internationally acclaimed philosophers, poets, jurisprudents, theologians, natural and social scientists. 29 Nobel Laureates and at least 18 Leibniz Laureates have been associated with the University of Heidelberg. Five Chancellors of Germany attended the university, as did also Heads of State or Government of Belgium, Bulgaria, Greece, Nicaragua, Thailand, and a Secretary General of NATO. At least 16 Justices of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany studied or taught at Heidelberg. Former university affiliates in the field of religion include a Pope, Cardinals, Bishops, and two key leaders of Protestant Reformation. In business, Heidelberg alumni and faculty notably (co-)founded or presided over ABB Group; Astor corporate enterprises; BASF; Daimler AG; Deutsche Bank; EADS; Krupp AG; Siemens AG; and Thyssen AG. Current professors in ordinary include a Medicine Nobel Laureate, 7 Leibniz Laureates, a former Justice of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany, and the acting President of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea

[edit] Alumni

The list of noted alumni of the University of Heidelberg reaches back to its early days in the 14th century and 15h century. Nicholaus Cusanus, who is said to be "the most important philosopher of the 15th century", studied at Heidelberg from 1416 to 1423. He was the first to express the idea of an infinite universe, developed the concept of infinitesimal and relative motion, and was also the first to use concave lenses to correct myopia. His works were known and respected by Nicolaus Copernicus, Galileo Galilei, Giordano Bruno, and Johannes Kepler.^[18]^[19]. The humanist scholar Conrad Celtes was a student at Heidelberg in 1484 and later became the first to teach the history of the world as a whole and the discoverer of the Tabula Peutingeriana. ^[20] The theologian Johann Eck entered the University of Heidelberg at the age of twelve in 1498 and later disputed with Martin Luther, also arguing that his views resemble those of Jan Hus. Eck was known in Rome as "dauntless champion of the true faith" and eventually became inquisitor in 1523.^[21] Another figure of that time was Philipp Melanchthon, a key leader of the Protestant Reformation and a friend and associate of Martin Luther. He studied at Heidelberg from 1509 to 1512.^[22]

Philipp Melanchthon, a key leader of the Protestant Reformation, was a student from 1509 to 1512

[edit] Goethe citation

"Ich sah Heidelberg an einem völlig klaren Morgen, der durch eine angenehme Luft zugleich kühl und erquicklich war. Die Stadt in ihrer Lage und mit ihrer ganzen Umgebung hat, man darf sagen, etwas Ideales" ЭLСОВВОLД

"I saw Heidelberg on a perfectly clear morning, with a pleasant air both cool and invigorating. The city, just so, with the totality of its ambiance was, one might say, something ideal."

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe^[23]