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| Author: | Purkiss, A. |
| Title: | The boffin who came in from the cold |
| Journal: | Business
1991 : JAN, p. 58-63 |
| Index terms: | R&D GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | Profile of Manfred, Baron von Ardenne, the German physicist and entrepreneur, and his research empire. Background. High-tech products. Scientific career. Cathode-ray tubes and other innovations. Contribution to the atom bomb. Various USSR and GDR state prizes. His private institute. Central planning and lack of equipment. Call for reform. Impact of DM in the former GDR. Electron-beam guns and technology. Cancer therapy. New cancer clinic. Oxygen therapy. |
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