Renaming ceremony - The sign of the new ’Clausius institute’ was unveiled. From left: Rector Michael Hoch, Dean Walter Witke und Peter Vöhringer.
Ceremony in honor of the 200th birthday of Bonn's physics pioneer. Renaming ceremony - The sign of the new 'Clausius institute' was unveiled. From left: Rector Michael Hoch, Dean Walter Witke und Peter Vöhringer. Photo: Barbara Frommann/Uni Bonn . Roughly 400 guests took part today in a ceremony at the University of Bonn celebrating Bonn physicist Rudolph Clausius. A range of speakers from research and politics hailed the man's scientific breakthroughs, including his formulation of the second law of thermodynamics, the coining of the term 'entropy,' and his prescience in what we today call 'sustainability.' To commemorate the occasion, the Institute for Physical and Theoretical Chemistry has renamed itself the Clausius Institute. The highlight of the evening: speeches by Nobel Prize winners Professor Jean-Marie Lehn (Chemistry, 1987) and Professor Steven Chu (Physics, 1997).
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