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presenting Albert Einstein with the Max-Planck medal in 1929]]


HISTORICAL OVERVIEW


Although the modern German state was only Founded In 1871 , the tradition of scientific research in the country is much older and can be traced back to the Scientific Revolution . Germany is home to some of the world's oldest universities ( Leipzig , Heidelberg , Freiburg , Tübingen ) although they were, at the time of their foundation, more centered on philosophy, theology and law than on science.


INSTITUTIONS


Foundations and research promoting



Research organisations



SCIENTIFIC FIELDS


Physics


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Chemistry

At the start of the 20th century, Germany garnered fourteen of the first thirty-one , 01-02

Otto Hahn is considered a pioneer of Radioactivity and radiochemistry.


Mathematics


Numerous important Mathematician s were born in Germany, including Gauss , Hilbert , Riemann , Weierstrass and Weyl .

Engineering

Germany has been the home of many famous , 01-02


Natural sciences and biology


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Psychology

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