Books by Dieter Hoffmann

This volume, occasioned by the centenary of the Fritz Haber Institute, formerly the Institute for Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, covers the institute's scientific and institutional history from its founding until the present. The institute was among the earliest established by the Kaiser Wilhelm Society, and its inauguration was one of the first steps in the development of Berlin-Dahlem into a center for scientific research. Its establishment was made possible by an endowment from Leopold Koppel, granted on the condition that Fritz Haber, well-known for his discovery of a method to synthesize ammonia from its elements, be made its director. The history of the institute has largely paralleled that of 20th-century Germany. It undertook controversial weapons research during World War I, followed by a "e;Golden Era"e; during the 1920s, in spite of financial hardships. Under the National Socialists it experienced a purge of its scientific staff and a diversion of its research into the service of the new regime, accompanied by a breakdown in its international relations. In the immediate aftermath of World War II it suffered crippling material losses, from which it recovered slowly in the post-war era. In 1953, shortly after taking the name of its founding director, the institute joined the fledgling Max Planck Society. During the 1950s and 60s, the institute supported diverse researches into the structure ofmatter and electron microscopy in a territorially insular and politically precarious West-Berlin. In subsequent decades, as both Berlin and the Max Planck Society underwent significant changes, the institute reorganized around a board of coequal scientific directors and a renewed focus on the investigation of elementary processes on surfaces and interfaces, topics of research that had been central to the work of Fritz Haber and the first "e;Golden Era"e; of the institute.

This volume, occasioned by the centenary of the Fritz Haber Institute, formerly the Institute for Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, covers the institute's scientific and institutional history from its founding until the present. The institute was among the earliest established by the Kaiser Wilhelm Society, and its inauguration was one of the first steps in the development of Berlin-Dahlem into a center for scientific research. Its establishment was made possible by an endowment from Leopold Koppel, granted on the condition that Fritz Haber, well-known for his discovery of a method to synthesize ammonia from its elements, be made its director. The history of the institute has largely paralleled that of 20th-century Germany. It undertook controversial weapons research during World War I, followed by a "e;Golden Era"e; during the 1920s, in spite of financial hardships. Under the National Socialists it experienced a purge of its scientific staff and a diversion of its research into the service of the new regime, accompanied by a breakdown in its international relations. In the immediate aftermath of World War II it suffered crippling material losses, from which it recovered slowly in the post-war era. In 1953, shortly after taking the name of its founding director, the institute joined the fledgling Max Planck Society. During the 1950s and 60s, the institute supported diverse researches into the structure of matter and electron microscopy in a territorially insular and politically precarious West-Berlin. In subsequent decades, as both Berlin and the Max Planck Society underwent significant changes, the institute reorganized around a board of coequal scientific directors and a renewed focus on the investigation of elementary processes on surfaces and interfaces, topics of research that had been central to the work of Fritz Haber and the first "e;Golden Era"e; of the institute.

Peter er en mediedarling, og folketingskarrieren går strygende. Men respekten, magten og indtjeningen svarer ikke til hans skyhøje ambitioner. Så han får en ide. En omfattende legalisering af narkomarkedet vil være kontroversiel, men populær, og som revolutionens spydspids er hans fremtid sikret.Henrik har ikke sin barndomsvens succes. Et hårdt liv som pusher og misbruger har sat sine spor, men han er på ingen måde klar til at give op. Impulsiv og voldelig som han er, er han blevet en paria i lokalmiljøet, men det gør ikke noget. Hvis bare han tør satse stort nok, skal han nok imponere sine fremmedgjorte bagmænd.Rygterne vil vide, en sending på hundredevis af kilo hash og heroin er på vej til Danmark. Alle taler om det, ingen ved, hvem der står bag. Og der er store penge at tjene, hvis man er skarp og skånselsløs nok.EUFORIA er historien om grådige mænd, hvis havesyge går ud over en sagesløs nation.Uddrag af bogenHan følte sig iskold, som om han befandt sig i en dybfryser, på trods af varmen i rummet. Han var paralyseret. Hvad var der ved at ske? Der var kaos i hans sind. Hans situation var dødsensalvorlig, og han havde ikke kontrol over den. Han var bare en tilskuer, en passiv deltager. Han prøvede at rejse sig fra sofaen, men han kunne ikke. Frygten havde ikke kun lammet hans tanker, men også hans bevægelser. Han kunne hverken skrige eller råbe. Han kunne faktisk ingenting. Han så skyggerne, der var på vej ind i kælderrummet, og han kunne se, at de lydløst nærmede sig hans sovested. Han kunne ikke reagere, da en hånd hårdt blev presset ned over hans mund og næse.Om forfatterenDieter Hoffmann har arbejdet med indretning og dansk design i Fjern- og Mellemøsten. Lilian Hoffmann har arbejdet på en erhvervsskole og beskæftiget sig med lokalpolitik. Hun har tidligere skrevet MARTINA, om deres teenagedatters alt for tidlige død i 1991, og romanen ENGLESTØV. Parret er dybt engageret i kampen mod narkomisbrug.