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On the occasion of the 100th birthday of the physical chemist Kurt Schwabe the article presents an overview about Schwabe’s activities as president of the Saxon Academy of Science from 1965 to 1980. Main topics of this time which has to be solved by Schwabe were to ensure the further existence of the academy and to reach an agreement about the principles of cooperation between the Saxon Academy of Science and the Berlin Academy of Science as an agreement of equals.
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Dieser Aufsatz ist Herrn Professor Dr. Andreas Kleinert, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittgenstein, zum 65. Geburtstag gewidmet.
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Kaden, H., Schlote, KH. Kurt Schwabe – Ein Leipziger Akademiepräsident in schwieriger Zeit. N.T.M. 13, 92–103 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00048-005-0212-8
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00048-005-0212-8