astronomy

Wolf von Engelhardt

Wolf von Engelhardt is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Wolf von Engelhardt rather than just read about it. In short: Wolf Jürgen Baron von Engelhardt (9 February 1910, Tartu – 4 December 2008, Tübingen) was a German geologist and mineralogist. Baron von Engelhardt was a descendant of a Baltic German noble family Engelhardt.

Key takeaways

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Reference excerpt

Wolf Jürgen Baron von Engelhardt (9 February 1910, Tartu – 4 December 2008, Tübingen) was a German geologist and mineralogist. Baron von Engelhardt was a descendant of a Baltic German noble family Engelhardt.

Biography In the years 1929-1935, he began the study of natural sciences, in particular geology, mineralogy and chemistry at the Universities of Halle, Berlin, and Göttingen. In Halle, he became a member of the Corps Guestphalia Halle. He received his doctorate on September 18, 1935, from the mineralogist Victor Moritz Goldschmidt with the topic geochemistry of barium. From 1935 to 1938 he worked as a research assistant at the Mineralogical Institute of the University of Rostock. On July 12, 1939, he obtained the habilitation at the University of Göttingen where he studied decay and construction of minerals in northern German Fuller's earth. From 1939 to 1944 he was a scientific assistant at the Mineralogical Institute of the University of Göttingen with the mineralogist Carl Wilhelm Correns. From 1939 he was also employed at the University of Göttingen as a Privatdozent. He was appointed lecturer in 1944. With the representation at a chair in 1944, the appointment as associate professor. From 1947 to 1952 he led the research and development department at the oil company union Elwerath in Hanover. From 1952 to 1957 he was able to work at the University of Göttingen as honorary professor, and then from 1 November 1957 as full professor to take over the management of the Mineralogical-Petrographic Institute of the University of Tübingen. From 1963 to 1964 Engelhardt was rector of the University of Tübingen. He retired in 1978. He then continued journalistic work in his field of mineralogy.

Military service and Political affiliation. From 1933 to 1934 and in 1939 he was a member of the Sturmabteilung. From 1937 to 1942 he was temporarily employed in the military service to then serve from 1942 to 1945 at the Sicherheitsdienst. From the year 1940, he was a member of the Reichsdozentenschaft, a subdivision of the NSDAP. He belonged to the National Socialist German Lecturers League and the National Socialist Old Masters Association from 1942 on.

Named after him The asteroid 4217 Engelhardt is named in his honour.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Wolf von Engelhardt

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Wolf von Engelhardt claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In astronomy, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Wolf von Engelhardt before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Wolf von Engelhardt ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Wolf von Engelhardt

In research: Wolf von Engelhardt appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Wolf von Engelhardt in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Wolf von Engelhardt is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1910 births, 2008 deaths, 20th-century German geologists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Wolf von Engelhardt outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Because it connects several astronomy ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

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Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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