Rolf Hagedorn

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Rolf Hagedorn

Physics

#1989

World Rank

#3001

Historical Rank

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• Physics

Rolf Hagedorn's Degrees

• PhD Physics University of Göttingen

Why Is Rolf Hagedorn Influential?

According to Wikipedia, Rolf Hagedorn was a German theoretical physicist who worked at CERN. He is known for the idea that hadronic matter has a "melting point". The Hagedorn temperature is named in his honor. Early life Hagedorn's younger life was deeply marked by the upheavals of World War II in Europe. He graduated from high school in 1937 and was drafted into the German Army. After the war began, he was shipped off into North Africa as an officer in the Rommel Afrika Korps. He was captured in 1943, and spent the rest of the war in an officer prison camp in the United States. Most of the prisoners were young and with nothing to do, Hagedorn and others set up their own 'university' where they taught each other whatever they knew. There, Hagedorn ran into an assistant of David Hilbert, who taught him mathematics.

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What Schools Are Affiliated With Rolf Hagedorn?

Rolf Hagedorn is affiliated with the following schools:

• University of Göttingen
• University of Hamburg
• University of Bonn