Flugge, Siegfried

Biography of Siegfried Flugge Siegfried Flugge was born on March 16, 1912 in Dresden. He studied physics in Dresden, Frankfurt, and GC6ttingen, where he completed his doctorate in 1933 under the supervision of Max Born. After holding positions at the universities of Frankfurt and Leipzig, he worked in Berlin as a theorist-in-residence with Otto Hahn and Lise Meitner. Here he witnessed the historical moment of nuclear fission and took an active part in its interpretation.In 1944 Flugge became professor in KC6nigsberg. He taught in GC6ttingen from 1945 to 1947 when he accepted a chair in theoret...