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Nature 452, 411-412 (27 March 2008) | doi:10.1038/452411a; Published online 26 March 2008
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Professor of Microscopy (W2)
- Friedrich-Schiller-University
- Jena Germany
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- Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies
- Port St. Lucie, FL
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Abstract
From prisoner-of-war to head of Europe's space agency, astrophysicist Reimar Lüst reflects on his career.
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Reimar Lüst in dialogue with Paul Nolte
C. H. Beck: 2008. 300 pp.
24.90 (in German)
Reimar Lüst was born into a pious household in the west German town of Barmen on 25 March 1923. His rebirth, as he calls it, came 20 years later in the icy-cold waters of the Bay of Biscay in the North Atlantic.
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