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Units of Radiation Protection.- Basic Nuclear Physics.- Interaction of Ionizing Radiation with Matter.- Detectors for Radiation Protection.- International Safety Standards for Radiation Protection.- Organization of Radiation Protection.- Practical Safety Measures1.- Radiation Sources.- X Rays and X-Ray Regulations.- Environmental Radioactivity.- Nuclear Power Plants.- Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation.- Radiation Accidents.- Non-Ionizing Radiation.- Solutions to the Problems.- Written Test on Radiation Protection.- Radiation-Protection Glossary1.

Ph. D. at Kiel University, Germany 1970

Radiation Officer at Kiel University and Siegen University

Radiation Advisor for Fire Brigades in Matters of Radiation Protection, Siegen, Germany

Visiting Fellow of the Royal Society of England 1971 at the University of Durham

working with Sir Arnold Wolfendale (Prof. Dr. and Astronomer Royal emeritus)

Guest Professor at Tokyo University in 1980 and 1985

Visiting Scientist at CERN during sabbaticals in 1990, 1994 and 2000

Special High Energy and Particle Physics Prize of the European Physical Society

for the Discovery of the Gluon (along with other members of PETRA Experiments) in 1995

Full Professor at Siegen University since 1980