Munich

Eckert, Michael

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Munich

Michael Eckert²

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Abstract

It was not just Boltzmann’s aura surrounding the chair in theoretical physics at the University of Munich nor the challenge of collaborating as theoretician beside Röntgen in research on X-rays that made the position at Munich so attractive for Sommerfeld. Munich, “City of Museums,” was known in these years as a Mecca of art and joie de vivre. Sommerfeld had gotten his first “heavenly impression” at the conclusion of his studies when he discovered the amazing Munich painting and sculpture collections, as well as his taste for Bavarian beer in various pubs. It was not by chance that he chose Munich as his honeymoon spot, and Johanna gladly let herself be infected by her husband’s enthusiasm for this city as well.

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