Obituary: Bernhard Mühlschlegel, 1925–2007

✍ Scribed by U. Eckern

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 87 KB
• Volume: 16
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0003-3804
• DOI: 10.1002/andp.200710253

✦ Synopsis

at the age of 81 years. His contributions to theoretical physics, his efforts for the scientific community and his commitment to Annalen der Physik will always be remembered.

Despite the sadness of losing him, I remember with happiness that Bernhard Mühlschlegel was in very good spirits when his 80th birthday was celebrated with a special colloquium on November 4, 2005, at the University of Cologne. Unbeknown to me then, it was to be my last meeting with Bernhard -and I was proud to be able to present to him a Special Issue of Annalen der Physik (AdP), dedicated to him and his scientific work, with contributions from his students, collaborators and friends (AdP 14 [resp. 517], issue 9-10, 2005).

In the spring of 1991, the then responsible member of the Executive Board of the German Physical Society (DPG), Ingo Peschel, had established contact with Bernhard Mühlschlegel when a new Editor in Chief was sought.