List of German Inventors and Discoverers - F

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  • Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit: Physicist and engineer who invented the alcohol thermometer (1709), the mercury thermometer (1714), and a temperature scale now named after him.
  • Gerd Faltings: Mathematician known for his work in arithmetic algebraic geometry, Fields Medal in 1986 for proving the Mordell conjecture.
  • Otto Feick: Wheel gymnastics in 1925.
  • Wilhelm Emil Fein: Invented the electrically-driven hand drill in 1895.
  • Artur Fischer: Invented the (split) wallplug made of plastic in 1958.
  • Hermann Emil Fischer: Discoveries in chemistry.
  • Franz Fischer and Hans Tropsch: Invented a process in 1925 to turn coal into synthesis gas, and still further into liquid hydrocarbons. The process is a key component in modern gas to liquids processes.
  • Wilhelm Rudolph Fittig: He discovered the pinacol coupling reaction, mesitylene, diacetyl and biphenyl.
  • Irmgard Flügge-Lotz: She worked on what she called "discontinuous automatic control," which laid the foundation for automatic on-off aircraft control systems in jets.
  • Werner Forssmann: Performed the first human cardiac catheterisation. Shared the Nobel Price for Medicine 1956
  • Joseph von Fraunhofer: Discovery of the dark absorption lines known as Fraunhofer lines in the Sun's spectrum, and for making excellent optical glass and achromatic telescope objectives.
  • Gottlob Frege: He is generally considered to be the father of analytic philosophy. Had influence on Carnap, Russell, and Wittgenstein
  • Otto Frenzl: Aeronautical pioneer, developed the area rule in 1943, a design technique for airfoils used to reduce an aircraft's drag at transonic and supersonic speeds. Later it was independently developed again by Richard T. Whitcomb in 1952.
  • Sigmund Freud: Neurologist who became known as the founding father of psychoanalysis.
  • Nikolaus Friedreich: Discovery of Friedreich-Auerbach disease (together with Leopold Auerbach) among other things.
  • Friedrich Fröbel: Pedagogue, who laid the foundation for modern education. He created the concept of the kindergarten.
  • Klaus Fuchs: Theoretical physicist
  • Johann Carl Fuhlrott: Had the insight to recognize the Neanderthal bones for what they were: the remains of a previously unknown type of humans. He (together with Schaafhausen) is considered to be the father of paleoanthropology.

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