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Born
Hans was born to Burno Reihenbach and Selma Menzel -
Primary School Completed
He completed primary and secondary school with no know issues -
Start college at the University of Stuttgart
He originally was going to become an engineer. -
Doctorate awarded
Hans was awarded his doctorate at the University of Erlangen. His thesis focused on the philosophy of the theory of probability. His paper was titled "Der Begriff der Wahrscheinlichkeit fur die mathematische Darstellung der Wirklichkeit" Translated: The concept of probability and the mathematical representation of reality His Thesis had two parts one focused on mathematics and the other on philosophy. He actually had to go to several different universities to get it accepted. -
Conscripted to the German army
He served a little over 30 months until he was ill and had to be sent back. -
First major paper published
His first major paper published was called "Relativitatstheorie und Erkenntnis apriori". This theory attacked Immanuel Kant's synthetic a priori theory of space and time, and of physics. -
Major Works!
Philosophie der Raum-Zeit-Lehre (Reichenbach, Hans. Philosphie der Raum-Zeit-Lehere. Berlin: Deutsch Buch, 1928. Print) Atom und Kosmos - (Reichenbach, Hans. Atom Und Kosmos. Berlin: Deutsche Buch - Gemeinschaft G.M.B.H., 1930. Print) Philosophic foundations of quantum mechanics - Reichenbach, Hans. I Fondamenti Filosofici Della Meccanica Quantistica. Torino: Edizioni Scientifiche Einaudi, 1954. Print. -
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