Many personal, philosophical and critical contributions came from the eleven physicists to whom we sent our questionnaire (and as far as the 'historical' persons are concerned, the answers should not be taken too seriously). We have compiled the answers to some selected questions on extra pages (please click onto "Answers").
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Question 1:
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What were your reasons for studying physics? - Answers |
| Question 2: |
What university did you go to? |
| Question 3: |
Did you know a physical experiment at school which particularly impressed you? What are the physical experiments which impress you?- Answers |
| Question 4: |
Your physical aha-experience? |
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Do you have a favourite experiment? |
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Are you also interested in a completely different speciality? |
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What profession did you aim for as a child? |
| Question 8: |
Have you ever had a chemical kit? |
| Question 9: |
By what do you recognize a physicist? - Answers |
| Question 10: |
Your recommendation for future students of physics? - Answers |
| Question 11: |
Do correct measurements require a healthy amount of ambition? |
| Question 12: |
Those who measure a lot, measure a lot of rubbish... Do you think this saying contains a grain of truth? |
| Question 13: |
Do you understand quantum mechanics? - Answers |
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What are light quanta? |
| Question 15: |
A trip to the moon – would you like it? |
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Your favourite measuring instrument? |
| Question 17: |
Do you master a musical instrument? |
| Question 18: |
What measuring instrument would you least be able to dispense with? |
| Question 19: |
What measuring instrument is in your opinion useless? |
| Question 20: |
Why does the world exist? Because a mouse is looking at it? - Answers |
| Question 21: |
A good measurement is always carried out very carefully, almost ceremoniously. Is this ceremony comparable with a sacred rite? - Answers |
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What is in your opinion most important in a measurement? - Answers |
| Question 23: |
Correct measurement – a mechanical art or a science? |
| Question 24: |
Would you tell us three important events of your biography? |
| Question 25: |
Do you think there are things which cannot be measured? In the affirmative, what? |
| Question 26: |
Did you ever see the primary kilogram in Paris? |
| Question 27: |
As you know, the Internet was invented by physicists to communicate in virtual terms. Would you have liked to be among the team of the “first Internet hour?” |
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Which physicist do you admire? |
| Question 29: |
Complete the sentence: “A life without measurements is...” |
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It is said that Goethe’s last words were “more light!” What should be your last measurement? |
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Do you remember the most important measurement of your life? |
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There was a time when certain physical experiments were suddenly regarded as politically undesired. How political can physics be in your opinion? - Answers |
| Question 33: |
Is it possible to still discover something new in the field of physics? - Answers |
| Question 34: |
Is nature really as physics, biology and chemistry describe it? - Answers |
| Question 35: |
Try to find a definition for coincidence. - Answers |
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