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Estonian Physical Society
The Estonian Physical Society (''Eesti Füüsika Selts'', EFS) is a voluntary not-for-profit research society bringing together all those active in physics in Estonia. The EFS was established in 1989 and is affiliated with the Estonian Academy of Sciences (''Eesti Teaduste Akadeemia'') and is a European Physical Society Member Society. Presidents of the Estonian Physical Society Kaido Reivelt (University of Tartu) is the current president (since 2007). The first president of the Society was Jaak Aaviksoo, followed later by Piret Kuusk (1998-2001), Raivo Jaaniso (2001-2004), and Arvo Kikas (2004-2007).https://www.etis.ee/portaal/isikuCV.aspx?LastNameFirstLetter=K&PersonVID=329&lang=et&FromUrl0=isikud.aspx Honorary members * Henn Käämbre * Karl Rebane * Harald Keres * Jaan Einasto * Piret Kuusk Piret is an Estonian feminine given name. People named Piret include: *Piret, wife of Suur Tõll in Estonian mythology *Piret Bristol (born 1968), poet, prosaist and novelist *P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaido Reivelt
Kaido Reivelt (born 29 October 1970) is an Estonian physicist and science populariser who works at the University of Tartu Institute of Physics. His research area is wave optics and he is President of the Estonian Physical Society. Reivelt has been the local coordinator of the GLOBE Program The Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) Program is a worldwide hands-on, science and education program focusing on the environment, now active in over 120 countries worldwide. It works to promote the teaching and l ... since 2007, and was the development leader of the AHHAA science centre from 2003 to 2005. Reivelt is an eight-time Estonian champion in rowing. ESBL Selected publications * Reivelt, K. and P. Saari, (2002) "Experimental Demonstration of Realizability of Optical Focus Wave Mode ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estonian Academy Of Sciences
Founded in 1938, the Estonian Academy of Sciences ( et, Eesti Teaduste Akadeemia) is Estonia's national academy of science in Tallinn. As with other national academies, it is an independent group of well-known scientists whose stated aim is to promote research and development, encourage international scientific cooperation, and disseminate knowledge to the public.Academy web page at the Estonian Academy of Sciences. Accessed on line September 12, 2007. As of March 2017, it had 77 full members and 20 foreign members. Since 15 October 2014, the president of the Academy is the mathematician Tarmo Soomere.Facts of history web pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European Physical Society
The European Physical Society (EPS) is a non-profit organisation whose purpose is to promote physics and physicists in Europe through methods such as physics outreach. Formally established in 1968, its membership includes the national physical societies of 42 countries, and some 3200 individual members. The Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft, the world's largest and oldest organisation of physicists, is a major member. Conferences One of its main activities is organizing international conferences. The EPS sponsors conferences other than the Europhysics Conference, like the International Conference of Physics Students in 2011. Divisions and groups The scientific activities of EPS are organised through Divisions and Groups, who organise topical conferences, seminars, and workshops. The Divisions and Groups are governed by boards elected from members. The current Divisions of the EPS are: * Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics Division * Condensed Matter Division * Environmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Tartu
The University of Tartu (UT; et, Tartu Ülikool; la, Universitas Tartuensis) is a university in the city of Tartu in Estonia. It is the national university of Estonia. It is the only classical university in the country, and also its biggest and most prestigious university. It was founded under the name of ''Academia Gustaviana'' in 1632 by Baron Johan Skytte, the Governor-General (1629–1634) of Swedish Livonia, Ingria, and Karelia, with the required ratification provided by his long-time friend and former student – from age 7 –, King Gustavus Adolphus, shortly before the king's death on 6 November in the Battle of Lützen (1632), during the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648). Nearly 14,000 students are at the university, of whom over 1,300 are foreign students. The language of instruction in most curricula is Estonian, some more notable exceptions are taught in English, such as semiotics, applied measurement science, computer science, information technology law, and Eu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaak Aaviksoo
Jaak Aaviksoo (born 11 January 1954) is an Estonian politician and physicist, a former rector of the University of Tartu and Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech). Aaviksoo has been the Estonian Minister of Defence and Minister of Education and Research, he was a member of the liberal conservative party Union of Pro Patria and Res Publica. Jaak Aaviksoo is the first rector in Estonia who is also an academician. Education and career in science Aaviksoo was born in Tartu. After graduating from Tartu Secondary School No. 2 (present-day Miina Härma Gymnasium) in 1971, he entered the Tartu State University physics department in the chemistry-physics faculty and graduated ''cum laude'' in the field of theoretical physics in 1976. From 1976 to 1992 he was first junior, then senior and then leading scientist at the Physics Institute of the Estonian Academy of Sciences (named ''Academy of Sciences of the Estonian SSR'' until 1988). There he also became a PhD in Physics (T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horisont (Estonian Magazine)
''Horisont'' is an Estonian magazine published in Tallinn Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of 437,811 (as of 2022) and administratively lies in the Harju '' ..., Estonia by Loodusajakiri MTÜ. The magazine focuses on science topics and is written in a popular scientific style. It includes interviews with scientists. From 1967 to 1990 it was published by EKP KK Kirjastus, from 1991 to 2001 by Perioodika, and thereafter by Loodusajakiri MTÜ. References External links * Magazines published in Estonia Popular science magazines 1967 establishments in Estonia Magazines established in 1967 {{Estonia-media-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piret Kuusk
Piret is an Estonian feminine given name. People named Piret include: *Piret, wife of Suur Tõll in Estonian mythology *Piret Bristol (born 1968), poet, prosaist and novelist *Piret Hartman (born 1981), Estonian politician * Piret Jaaks (born 1980), writer * Piret Järvis (born 1984), singer, guitarist, and songwriter ( Vanilla Ninja) *Piret Kalda (born 1966), actress *Piret Krumm (born 1989), actress, singer, and comedian *Piret Laurimaa (born 1971), actress *Piret Niglas (born 1968), cross-country skier *Piret Pormeister (born 1985), cross-country skier * Piret Raud (born 1971), children’s writer, illustrator and translator *Piret Viirma Piret Viirma (born 27 March 1968 Paide) is an Estonian Estonian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Estonia, a country in the Baltic region in northern Europe * Estonians, people from Estonia, or of Estonian descent * Estonian lang ... (born 1968), draughts player References {{given name Estonian feminine given names< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Rebane
Karl K. Rebane (11 April 1926, in Pärnu – 4 November 2007, in Pärnu) was an Estonian physicist. He studied at the Tallinn Technical University from 1947 to 1949, and graduated from Leningrad University in 1952. Rebane received a PhD in Solid State Theory in 1955 from the Leningrad (St. Petersburg) University and a Doctor of Science degree in Theoretical Physics in 1964 from the Institute of Physics of the Belarusian AS at Minsk. He joined Tartu University in 1955 where he held both teaching and administrative positions, including Professor and Chair of the Experimental Physics Department (1958–60), and Professor and Chair of the Joint Department of Laser Optics at the Institute of Physics and Tartu University (1974–1993). He was president of the Estonian Academy of Sciences from 1973 to 1990. Early life Karl Rebane was born on April 11, 1926 in Pärnu, Estonia. His father, Karl Rebane sr, was a bookkeeper. He was the second oldest out of five children. His brothers w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harald Keres
Harald Keres (, in Pärnu – 26 June 2010) was an Estonian physicist considered to be the father of the Estonian school of relativistic gravitation theory. In 1961 Keres became a member of the Estonian Academy of Sciences in the field of theoretical physics. In 1996 Keres was awarded the Order of the National Coat of Arms, Class III. Keres was the elder brother of chess grandmaster Paul Keres. References External linksHarald Keres at the Estonian Academy of Sciences Founded in 1938, the Estonian Academy of Sciences ( et, Eesti Teaduste Akadeemia) is Estonia's national academy of science in Tallinn. As with other national academies, it is an independent group of well-known scientists whose stated aim is to ...Tartu Observatory about Harald Keres {{DEFAULTSORT:Keres, Harald 1912 births 2010 deaths People from Pärnu People from the Governorate of Livonia 20th-century Estonian physicists University of Tartu alumni University of Tartu faculty Members of the Estonia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaan Einasto
Jaan Einasto (born 23 February 1929) is an Estonian astrophysicist and one of the discoverers of the large-scale structure of the Universe. Born Jaan Eisenschmidt in Tartu, the name "Einasto" is an anagram of "Estonia" (it was chosen by his patriotic father in the 1930s to replace the family's German name). He attended the University of Tartu, where he received the Ph.D. equivalent in 1955 and a senior research doctorate in 1972. From 1952, he has worked as a scientist at the Tartu Observatory (1977–1998) Head of the Department of Cosmology; from 1992–1995, he was Professor of Cosmology at the University of Tartu. For a long time, he was Head of the Division of Astronomy and Physics of the Estonian Academy of Sciences in Tallinn. Einasto is a member of the Academia Europaea, the European Astronomical Society and the Royal Astronomical Society; he has received three Estonian National Science Awards. *1947 Tartu Secondary School No. 1 *1952 University of Tartu *19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Physics Societies
Physics is the natural science that studies matter, its fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge which relates to the order of nature, or, in other words, to the regular succession of events." Physics is one of the most fundamental scientific disciplines, with its main goal being to understand how the universe behaves. "Physics is one of the most fundamental of the sciences. Scientists of all disciplines use the ideas of physics, including chemists who study the structure of molecules, paleontologists who try to reconstruct how dinosaurs walked, and climatologists who study how human activities affect the atmosphere and oceans. Physics is also the foundation of all engineering and technology. No engineer could design a flat-screen TV, an interplanetary spacecraft, or even a better mousetrap without first understanding the basic laws of physics. (. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scientific Organizations Based In Estonia
Science is a systematic endeavor that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe. Science may be as old as the human species, and some of the earliest archeological evidence for scientific reasoning is tens of thousands of years old. The earliest written records in the history of science come from Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia in around 3000 to 1200 BCE. Their contributions to mathematics, astronomy, and medicine entered and shaped Greek natural philosophy of classical antiquity, whereby formal attempts were made to provide explanations of events in the physical world based on natural causes. After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, knowledge of Greek conceptions of the world deteriorated in Western Europe during the early centuries (400 to 1000 CE) of the Middle Ages, but was preserved in the Muslim world during the Islamic Golden Age and later by the efforts of Byzantine Greek scholars who brought Greek ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
