"from his university chemistry lab. Joachim Sauer Joachim Sauer (born 19 April 1949) is a German quantum chemist and full professor at the Humboldt University of Berlin. He is the husband of the Chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel. He is one of the seven members of the board of trustees of the Friede Springer Foundation, together with former German President Horst Köhler and others. Joachim Sauer was born in Hosena, a small town in the marshy Lusatian countryside between Dresden and Cottbus. He grew up with his twin sister and an elder brother. His father, Richard Sauer, had trained as"
"for a research scientist. On several occasions he has stated that he is not fond of this publicity. During the 2005 election campaign Joachim Sauer kept a very low profile, declining to give any interviews not related to his scientific work. He attended the Bayreuth Festival, an opera festival and a highly visible social event in Germany, with his wife. Sauer is known as a great lover of Wagner's music. Even during his wife's election in the Bundestag, her inauguration, and later her taking the oath of office, Sauer was not present but reportedly briefly followed the event on TV"
"explain and prepare a course for an elaborate meal live and within one hour. After each cook has finished his or her dish Kerner and the others are tasting and informally judging it, before some people in the audience also receive a sample of it. The show regularly features some of the most famous chefs from German-speaking countries such as Johann Lafer, Alfons Schubeck, Tim Mälzer, Sarah Wiener, Ralf Zacherl and Horst Lichter, as well as occasionally some chefs like Jamie Oliver. Kerner married Britta Becker, a former field hockey World Cup and Olympic medalist for Germany in April 1996."
"of the World Cultural Council. Upon his death he was survived by his wife Fanya Rabinivics Schiffer, whom he married in 1937, and their daughter Dinah S. Singer, an experimental immunologist. Menahem Max Schiffer Menahem Max Schiffer (24 September 1911, Berlin – 8 November 1997) was a German-born American mathematician who worked in complex analysis, partial differential equations, and mathematical physics. Schiffer studied physics from 1930 at the University of Bonn and then at the Humboldt University of Berlin with a number of famous physicists and mathematicians including Max von Laue, Erwin Schrödinger, Walter Nernst, Erhard Schmidt, Issai Schur and"
"2017. He completed his residency in obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Illinois Hospital in 1984 and then obtained sub-specialty training in reproductive endocrinology at the University of California in Los Angeles, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, under the mentorship of John Buster. Sauer has been married since 1979 to Lynda Marie (Treppa) Sauer and has 4 children. Sauer achieved the world's first donor egg pregnancies in older menopausal women while serving as an associate professor at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. Sauer's other projects included the introduction of methotrexate for the nonsurgical treatment of ectopic pregnancies, and"
"of US postage stamps, along with Melvin Calvin, Asa Gray, and Severo Ochoa. Her papers are in the Geisel Library at the University of California, San Diego, and the university's physics department is housed in Mayer Hall, which is named after her and her husband. Maria Goeppert Mayer Maria Goeppert Mayer (June 28, 1906 – February 20, 1972) was a German-born American theoretical physicist, and Nobel laureate in Physics for proposing the nuclear shell model of the atomic nucleus. She was the second woman to win a Nobel Prize in physics, the first being Marie Curie. A graduate of the"
"numerous studies, many of which were in collaboration with famous physicists including Edward Teller. She made many contributions to science including the application of quantum mechanics to molecular physics and work on the spectra of near ultra-violet absorption. She set up a spectroscopy lab in the physics department of Duke University, which was later moved to its own new building. Sponer married James Franck in 1946. She died in Ilten, Lower Saxony. Hertha Sponer Hertha Sponer (1 September 1895 – 27 February 1968) was a German physicist and chemist who contributed to modern quantum mechanics and molecular physics and was"
"one paper on the subject. In 1940 he married Menga Biber; they became acquainted through making music (he played the violin). Their marriage produced two sons. Markus Fierz Markus Eduard Fierz (20 June 1912 – 20 June 2006) was a Swiss physicist, particularly remembered for his formulation of spin-statistics theorem, and for his contributions to the development of quantum theory, particle physics, and statistical mechanics. He was awarded the Max Planck Medal in 1979 and the Albert Einstein Medal in 1989 for all his work. Fierz's father Hans Eduard Fierz was a chemist with Geigy and later a professor at"
"sons, Noah and Elias. In 2001, their marriage ended in divorce. Starting in 2006, Barbara Becker served as the UNICEF ambassador for a program to prevent tetanus in developing countries. Between 2006 and 2009 more than 300 million doses of the vaccine were donated. Barbara Becker and artist Arne Quinze announced their engagement on 6 January 2009. They married on 9 September 2009 at their home in Miami, Florida, and celebrated the wedding on 13 September 2009 in Berlin, Germany. Both events were photographed by Miami interior designer Sam Robin. Becker and Quinze divorced in 2011. Currently, Becker lives in"
"and Sciences. In May 1929, Pauli left the Roman Catholic Church. In December of that year, he married Käthe Margarethe Deppner. The marriage was an unhappy one, ending in divorce in 1930 after less than a year. He married again in 1934 to Franziska Bertram (1901–1987). They had no children. Wolfgang Pauli Wolfgang Ernst Pauli (; ; 25 April 1900 – 15 December 1958) was an Austrian-born Swiss and American theoretical physicist and one of the pioneers of quantum physics. In 1945, after having been nominated by Albert Einstein, Pauli received the Nobel Prize in Physics for his ""decisive contribution"
"in CERN. She is married to Tai Tsun Wu of Harvard University. Sau Lan Wu Sau Lan Wu (Chinese: 吳秀蘭) is a Chinese American particle physicist and the Enrico Fermi Distinguished Professor of Physics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She made important contributions towards the discovery of the J/psi particle, which provided experimental evidence for the existence of the charm quark, and the gluon, the vector boson of the strong force in the Standard Model of physics. Recently, her team located at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), using data collected at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), was part"
"wife, science writer Judith Margoshes, as well as two daughters, a son and three grandchildren. During their 41-year marriage, he collaborated with Judith on two books of sonnets, which were illustrated with watercolors he had painted. His marriage to nuclear chemist Sulamith Goldhaber ended with her death from a brain tumor in 1965 while the couple was traveling in India. Goldhaber's brother Maurice was a particle physicist who served as director of the Brookhaven National Laboratory, one of many physicists in Goldhaber's family. Gerson Goldhaber Gerson Goldhaber (February 20, 1924 – July 19, 2010) was a German-born American particle physicist"
"Jutta Müller Jutta Müller (born Jutta Lötzsch, 13 December 1928) is a German former figure skater and one of the most successful figure skating coaches worldwide. Jutta Lötzsch was born to Marie Lötzsch (née Prusky) and Emil Lötzsch, the 1930 Saxony champion in wrestling. Her first marriage was to Wolfgang Seyfert. They had a daughter, Gabriele Seyfert, before divorcing. Her second husband was Bringfried Müller (1931–2016), an East German soccer player. In 1949, Müller won the East German Championships in women's pair skating with partner Irene Salzmann. This category was created due to the lack of men in Germany after"
"Joseph Edward Mayer Joseph Edward Mayer (February 5, 1904, New York City – October 15, 1983) was a chemist who has formulated the Mayer expansion in statistical field theory. He was professor of chemistry at the University of California San Diego from 1960 to 1972, and previously at Johns Hopkins University, Columbia University and the University of Chicago. He was married to Nobel Prize-winning physicist Maria Goeppert Mayer from 1930 until her death in 1972. He went to work with James Franck in Göttingen, Germany in 1929, where he met Maria, a student of Max Born. Joseph Mayer was president"
"son Christian, who along with his brother decided to leave the GDR in early 1984 and was able to do so in 1987, studied medicine in West Germany and became a physician. Since 2000, his domestic partner has been Daniela Schadt, a journalist. Gauck is a member of the Evangelical Church in Germany, and served as a pastor for the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Mecklenburg—a member church of that federation. Joachim Gauck Joachim Wilhelm Gauck (; born 24 January 1940) is a German politician and civil rights activist who served as President of Germany from 2012 to 2017. A former"
"speaks seven languages) and storing up images which she has subsequently expressed on canvas. Her artwork shows a strong Marc Chagall influence. Sommer was embroiled in a long-running feud with Zsa Zsa Gabor that had begun in 1984 when both had appeared on ""Circus of the Stars;"" this had escalated into a multimillion-dollar libel suit by 1993. In 2001, a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs, California, Walk of Stars was dedicated to her. As of early May 2017, ""Frau Baronin"" (Baroness) von Sommer was living in Los Angeles, California. In 1964, she married Hollywood columnist Joe Hyams (6"
"but only two months later they got together again and stopped the proceedings. Bettina Wulff Bettina Wulff (née Körner; 25 October 1973) is the wife of the former German President Christian Wulff and was therefore sometimes referred to by the media as the ""First Lady"" during her husband's presidency. Bettina Körner was born 25 October 1973 in Hanover, Lower Saxony, the second child of Inge and Horst Körner. She spent her childhood in the town of Großburgwedel and was raised as a Protestant. Körner married Christian Wulff on 3 March 2008. Their son, Linus Florian was born two months later."
"journalist. She lived with the couple. In July 2004, Schröder and Köpf adopted a child from Saint Petersburg. In 2006, they adopted another child from Saint Petersburg. When not in Berlin, Schröder lives in Hanover. In 2013, Schröder and Kopf purchased another home in Gümüşlük, Turkey, in a real estate project developed by Nicolas Berggruen. Schröder's fourth marriage have earned him the nickname ""Audi Man"", a reference to the four-ring symbol of Audi motorcars. Another nickname is ""The Lord of the Rings"". Schröder married for the fifth time in 2018. His wife is the Korean economist and interpreter Kim So-yeon."
"the K-4 500 m event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Jörg Schmidt Jörg Schmidt (born 16 February 1961) is an East German sprint canoer who competed in the 1980s. He won a silver medal in the C-1 1000 m event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. Schmidt also won a gold medal in the C-1 1000 m event at the 1982 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Belgrade. He married Birgit Fischer, who would win 12 Summer Olympic medals in women's sprint canoeing between 1980 and 2004. Their marriage lasted from 1984 to 1993 and gave them"
"philologist of his day. The couple had three children, two of whom survived to maturity: Walther, born in 1888, and daughter Gertrude, born in 1889. Son Walther Kossel (1888–1956) became a prominent physicist and was professor of theoretical physics and director of the Physics Institute at the University of Tübingen. He is known for his theory of the chemical bond (ionic bond/octet rule), the Sommerfeld–Kossel displacement law, and other achievements. There is no record of any political activity by Kossel, and by all accounts he was apolitical. Through his marriage to Luise, Kossel was related to several prominent Americans, including"
"special elite police unit that can hack into minds and interact with memories within. Hauer is a knight in the Order of the Netherlands Lion since 2013. In 2016, Hauer joined the film jury for ShortCutz Amsterdam, an annual film festival promoting short films in Amsterdam. Hauer is an environmentalist. Hauer has also established an AIDS awareness organization called the Rutger Hauer Starfish Association. Hauer married his second wife, Ineke ten Cate, in 1985 (they had been together since 1968). He has one child, actress Aysha Hauer (born 1966), who made him a grandfather in 1987. In April 2007, he"
"from competition at her father's request. She then toured with Ice Follies and starred in two movies with Austrian alpine skier Toni Sailer. Bauer invented the eponymous skating element. Ina Bauer (figure skater) Ina Bauer, married name Szenes, (31 January 1941 – 13 December 2014) was a German competitive figure skater. She won three consecutive West German national titles (1957–59) and invented the skating element which bears her name. Ina Bauer was born in Krefeld on 31 January 1941. Her father was a silk manufacturer. She married a Hungarian figure skater, István Szenes. Szenes-Bauer died 13 December 2014. After winning"
"anomaly until one of his students presented a new explanation (Weiss 1912, pp. 49–50; Pais 1982, pp. 391–392). Weber married Anna Hochstetter in 1875. The couple had three daughters and five sons, all of which became academics: Oskar: chemist; Friedrich: geologist; Ernst: civil engineer and astronomer; Helmut and Richard: physicians. Albert Einstein considered Weber as doctoral advisor. Following a bitter disagreement with Weber, Einstein switched to Alfred Kleiner. Einstein also famously once commented that Weber's lectures were 50 years out of date and did not contain Maxwell's equations. Heinrich Friedrich Weber Heinrich Friedrich Weber (; ; 7 November 1843 –"
"of the American Physical Society from 1973 to 1975. He developed the cluster expansion method and Mayer-McMillan solution theory. – Joseph Edward Mayer Joseph Edward Mayer (February 5, 1904, New York City – October 15, 1983) was a chemist who has formulated the Mayer expansion in statistical field theory. He was professor of chemistry at the University of California San Diego from 1960 to 1972, and previously at Johns Hopkins University, Columbia University and the University of Chicago. He was married to Nobel Prize-winning physicist Maria Goeppert Mayer from 1930 until her death in 1972. He went to work with"
"Gunter Sachs Fritz Gunter Sachs (14 November 1932 – 7 May 2011) was a German photographer, author, industrialist, and latterly head of an institute that researched claims of astrology. As a young man he became a sportsman, then gained international fame as a documentary film-maker, documentary photographer, and third husband of Brigitte Bardot. Sachs was born in southern Germany. His mother was Eleanor, the daughter of Wilhelm von Opel, co-founder of the automaker Opel; his father was Willy Sachs, sole owner of Fichtel & Sachs, a leading manufacturer of ball bearings and one of Germany's biggest automobile suppliers. Willy was"
"the world. Wachtmeister is married to Count Erik Wachtmeister. Louise Wachtmeister Countess Louise Wachtmeister (born 28 April 1978) is a Swedish entrepreneur, athlete, and political activist. She was President of the largest chapter of the Conservative Youth Party in Stockholm for four years, and has held elected positions with the Stockholm City Hall and Stockholm District Court. She is a silver and gold medalist in the Swedish National Track Championships, and in 2004 co-founded the social networking website ASMALLWORLD with her husband Erik Wachtmeister. Dubbed ""MySpace for millionaires"" by the ""Wall Street Journal"", the network had 320,000 members in 2008."
"with Veridor: 45 kg of precious metal crafted into a „Natural Chaos"". This art piece was primarily made of 18-carat rose gold and of the finest 18-carat palladium white gold in rod and pipe form, as well as gold wire and leaves. The piece named Natural Chaos - Golden Edition No. 1 is for sale for EUR 1.8 million on the Internet luxury marketplace JamesEdition. Quinze lives and works in Sint Martens Latem near Ghent, Belgium. Arne Quinze married Barbara Becker at their Miami waterfront home on 9 September 2009. They celebrated the marriage on 12 September 2009 in Berlin,"
"The two are married since 1963 and have a daughter. Norman Sartorius Norman Sartorius (born 1935) is a Croatian psychiatrist and university professor. Sartorius is a former director of the World Health Organization's (WHO) Division of Mental Health, and a former president of the World Psychiatric Association and of the European Psychiatric Association. He has been described as ""one of the most prominent and influential psychiatrists of his generation"". Sartorius was born in Münster, Germany but grew up in Koprivnica and Zagreb, Croatia After his parents separated, he was raised by his mother, Feđa Fischer-Sartorius, a renowned pediatrician. Sartorius obtained"
"first marriage, and a third child, Marc (born 1969), from the second. His first wife Anneliese lives in Tucson, Arizona, his second wife Irmgard in Hamburg, Germany. Heinz Haber Heinz Haber (May 15, 1913 – February 13, 1990) was a German physicist and science writer who primarily became famous for his TV programs and books about physics and environmental subjects. His lucid style of explaining hard science has frequently been imitated by later popular science presenters in Germany. After studying physics in Leipzig, Heidelberg and Berlin and obtaining his doctorate, Haber served in World War II for the German Luftwaffe"
"named after Shriver in October 2004. The Maria Shriver rose contains starchy-white blooms and a powerful citrus fragrance. Maria Shriver Maria Owings Shriver (; born November 6, 1955) is an American journalist, author, and former First Lady of California. She is the wife of former Governor of California and actor Arnold Schwarzenegger. She has received a Peabody Award and was co-anchor for NBC's Emmy-winning coverage of the 1988 Summer Olympics. As executive producer of ""The Alzheimer's Project"", Shriver earned two Emmy Awards and an Academy of Television Arts & Sciences award for developing a ""television show with a conscience"". She"
"infant) and a daughter. In 2009 she was awarded the honorary citizen award (Ehrenbürgerschaft)—the highest decoration—of Hamburg. She died during the night of 20/21 October 2010, aged 91, at her home in Langenhorn. The marriage with Helmut Schmidt had lasted 68 years. Loki Schmidt Hannelore ""Loki"" Schmidt (; 3 March 1919 – 21 October 2010) was a German environmentalist. She was the wife of Helmut Schmidt, who was the Chancellor of Germany from 1974 to 1982. Hannelore Glaser was born in 1919 in Hamburg. She married Helmut Schmidt in 1942. He became a politician who rose in 1974 to become"
"2011, Perlmutter and Riess were named co-recipients of the Albert Einstein Medal. Perlmutter shared the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics with Riess and Schmidt. The Nobel Prize includes a SEK 10 million cash award (approximately US$1.5 million). Perlmutter received one-half of the cash prize, while Riess and Schmidt shared the other half. Perlmutter, Schmidt, Riess and their teams shared the 2015 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics with $3 million to be split among them. Saul Perlmutter has two sisters: Shira Perlmutter (b. 1956), a lawyer, and Tova Perlmutter (b. 1967), a nonprofit executive. He is married to Laura Nelson, an"
"2010 Bruce Medal. He was named California Scientist of the Year for 1986 by the California Museum of Science and Industry, and he was elected to the National Academy of the Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Royal Astronomical Society. Neugebauer was married to the geophysicist Marcia Neugebauer, a pioneer in solar wind research at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and the two resided in Tucson, Arizona. He died on 26 September 2014 in Tucson, due to spinocerebellar ataxia. Gerry Neugebauer Gerhart ""Gerry"" Neugebauer (3 September 1932 – 26 September 2014) was an"