Physikalische Zeitschrift

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Physikalische Zeitschrift
DisciplinePhysics
LanguageGerman
Publication details
History1899–1945
Publisher
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Phys. Z.
Indexing
LCCN25025369
OCLC no.01762351

Physikalische Zeitschrift (English: Physical Journal) was a German scientific journal of physics published from 1899 to 1945 by S. Hirzel Verlag. In 1924, it merged with Jahrbuch der Radioaktivität und Elektronik. From 1944 onwards, the journal published the Reichsberichte für Physik (English: Reich Reports for Physics).

Several publications of great historical significance have been published in it, such as Albert Einstein's "Über die Entwicklung unserer Anschauungen über das Wesen und die Konstitution der Strahlung" (On the Development of Our Views Concerning the Nature and Constitution of Radiation)[1] and Carl von Weizsäcker's work on the source of energy in stars.[2][3] During its life, it was edited by several prominent physicists, such as Peter Debye.

Towards the end of its life, it was considered to represent "the more conservative elements within the German physics community", alongside Annalen der Physik.[4]

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  1. ^ Einstein, Albert (1909). "Über die Entwicklung unserer Anschauungen über das Wesen und die Konstitution der Strahlung"  [On the Development of Our Views Concerning the Nature and Constitution of Radiation]. Physikalische Zeitschrift. 10: 817–825.
  2. ^ von Weizsäcker, C. F. (1937). "Über Elementumwandlungen in Innern der Sterne I" [On Transformations of Elements in the Interiors of Stars I]. Physikalische Zeitschrift. 38: 176–191.
  3. ^ von Weizsäcker, C. F. (1938). "Über Elementumwandlungen in Innern der Sterne II" [On Transformations of Elements in the Interiors of Stars II]. Physikalische Zeitschrift. 39: 633–646.
  4. ^ Hentschel, Klaus, ed. (1996). Physics and National Socialism: An anthology of primary sources (PDF). Birkhäuser Verlag. ISBN 978-3-0348-9008-3.

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Index of freely available volumes[edit]

Some of the early volumes (before 1908) are available on Archive.org.[1] Volumes from 1899 to 1923 are available on HathiTrust:,[2] but some volumes are behind a paywall.

All volumes from 1 to 21 (1899–1920) are free available on Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek.