Jahr100Wissen / 100 years ago
In the series "100 years ago", researchers at Bergische Universität look at events 100 years ago that have changed and shaped society.
We do not learn from history what should do. But we can learn from it what we have to consider. That is infinitely important.
Recent articles
Germany’s admission to the League of Nations
Associate Professor Dr Ewald Grothe / History
Photo: UniService Third Mission
First working self-spraying can
Dr Nico Meuter / Chemistry and its Didactics
Photo: University of Wuppertal
The first centrally controlled traffic light systems
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jürgen Gerlach / Road Traffic Planning and Engineering
Photo: University of Wuppertal
When the saw came to the tree
Prof. Martin Topel / Industrial Design
Photo: Sebastian Jarych
Gertrude Bell – Queen of the Desert
Dr Georg Eckert / History
Photo: Mathias Kehren
The scandalous play *Sex* and the fictional character Mae West
Dr Peter Lodermeyer / Art History
Photo: Private
100th birthday of Ingeborg Bachmann
Dr Sabrina Huber / Modern German Literary History
Photo: ©Ralf Schultheiß
100th birthday of Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe - the mixture of glamour and fragility
Prof`in Erica von Moeller / Design Audiovisual Media
Photo: UniService Third Mission
World premiere of the opera Turandot
Professor Dr Thomas Erlach / Music Education
Photo: UniService Third Mission
Queen Elizabeth II - a prudent politician
PD Dr Georg Eckert / History
Photo: Mathias Kehren
Britain's first red telephone box
Professor Martin Topel / Industrial Design
Photo: Sebastian Jarych
On the 100th birthday of Siegfried Lenz
Dr Sabrina Huber / Modern German Literary History
Photo: ©Ralf Schultheiß (I only have the picture in portrait format)
Invention of the Yagi-Uda antenna
Professor Dr Dieter Brückmann / Communications Engineering
Photo: UniService Third Mission
When steering cars became easier
Prof. Dr.-Ing Uwe Janoske / Fluid Mechanics
Photo: UniService Third Mission
