Arthur Stinner



Pictures

I will post pictures in this section that may be of interest to my colleagues and friends.

A sketch by Ann Stinner

A sketch by Ann Stinner of a scene in the performance of the Galileo play at the Deutsches Museum, December 17, 2009.


A sketch by Ann Stinner

A sketch by Ann Stinner of a scene in the performance of the Galileo play at the ICHTS (International Conference of the History and Technology of Science) in Budapest, August, 2009.

In a restaurant-boat on the Danube in Budapest

In a restaurant-boat on the Danube in Budapest. In the foreground we sees Fabio Bevilacqua, his friend, a physicist from Australia and his wife. From left to right: Leisa Bevilacqua, Ann Stinner, Art Stinner, Beate Teichmann, the daughter of the Bevilacquas, and Jǘrgen Teichmann. The picture was taken by Gudrun Wolfschmidt.


A scene from the performance of the play in Budapest

A scene from the performance of the play in Budapest. From left to right: Peter Heering (Kepler), Jǘrgen Teichmann (Galileo) and Gabor Zemplėn (Cardinal Bellarmine).

The applause in Munich

The applause in Munich: Arthur Stinner (Author), Jǘrgen Teichmann (Kepler), Wilhelm Vossenkuhl (Cardinal Bellarmine), and Harald Lesch (Galileo).


Asklepeion of Kos

The Asklepeion of Kos. An ancient "wellness center" from the 3rd century B.C.

19th  century windmill

19th century windmill in Antimahia., Kos.


Hyppocrates' Plane Tree

Hyppocrates' Plane Tree in Kos City, supposedly planted by the father of medicine himself.

View from a restaurant in a mountain village

View from a restaurant in a mountain village (Zia) on Kos, looking toward the Turkish coast.


Remains of an ancient hillside theater

Remains of an ancient hillside theater near Kefalos, Kos. I am in discussion with Peter Roemisch of Munich, who is a medical doctor and admirer of ancient Greek theater.

Dr. Gerhard Pohl and I

Dr. Gerhard Pohl and I in Vienna.


View from the museum

View from the museum on top of the hill above Vienna to the sight where the Turkish army was settled in to attack Vienna in the late 17th century.

Inside the tunnel

Inside the tunnel (to carry water) of Eupalinos on Samos. It was built in the 6th century BC and is 1030 feet long.


Enjoying a coffee in a Vienna Coffee house

Enjoying a coffee in a Vienna Coffee house, reading about "my friend" Roger Federer winning Wimbledon in 2007.

Dr. Peter Roemisch and his wife and myself

Dr. Peter Roemisch and his wife and myself enjoying a joke in a beautiful spot on Samos.


Michael Eckert and friend

Michael Eckert and friend in a restaurant in Samos City.

Two good looking ladies and me

Two good looking ladies and me (Hera) on Samos.


View from our room

View from our room toward the Turkish coast.

View from Samos

View from Samos toward the Turkish coast and Ephesus.


Statute of Aristarchus

Statute of Aristarchus of Samos.

Shadow cast by the sun

Shadow cast by the sun, just moments before total eclipse.


Bust of Count Rumford

Arthur Stinner and the bust of Count Rumford at the entrance of the Englische Garten. This famous park was designed by Rumford in about 1791.

Weight of the atmosphere

We tested Torricelli's "Weight of the atmosphere", descending from the observatory.


Solar eclipse in a drawing

Ann Stinner captures the solar eclipse in a drawing.

Bakirliteppe observatory

Walking up to the Bakirliteppe observatory, elevation 2500m.


Bakirliteppe observatory

Arthur Stinner and Michael Eckert of the Deutsches Museum, Munich. Braving cold winds when climbing to the Bakirliteppe observatory.

Celebrating the Eclipse

Celebrating the solar eclipse event in Antalya, Southern Turkey, March 26, 2006. From left to right: Beate and Jǘrgen Teichmann, Arthur Stinner, and our Turkish group leader Herr Gueney.


Harald Lesch

Harald Lesch, an astrophysicist from Munich, looks at the image of the sun just prior to total solar eclipse.

Ann and Arthur

Ann and Arthur at the summer palace grounds.


The three amigos

"The three amigos" in Tiananmen square.

Ann Stinner drawing

Ann Stinner drawing of summer palace.


Science museum in Beijing

Science museum in Beijing.

Ann Stinner drawing

Ann Stinner drawing of symposium members.


Ann Stinner drawing

Ann Stinner drawing in the summer palace. See drawing below.

Arthur and Einstein poster

Arthur and Einstein poster at the entrance of the Deutches Museum.


Science education group

Science education group in Beijing after a three hour symposium. Peter Heering, Barbara McMillan, Michael Eckert, Brigitte van Tiggelin, Doglas Alchin, Arthur Stinner and Jurgen Teichmann. See sketch made by Ann.

The whole group

Most of the conference participants (Balaton July, 2004).


Michael Eckert

Michael Eckert of the Deutsches Museum is presenting a dynamic lecture.

Barbara McMillan and Weseley Stevens

Barbara McMillan and Weseley Stevens in conversation at the ruins of a medieval castle on the North shore of Lake Balaton.


The palace

The palace at Keszthely where our conference was held.

Balaton Experiment

Performing an experiment (Galileo) at breakfast at the palace.


Arthur and Ann

Ann and I at Lake Balaton

Lake Balaton

Beautiful Lake Balaton (North shore).


Reflections

Mondsee on the highway near Salzburg.

The Swan

A tranquil swan on Lake Balaton (temperature 37 degrees!)


Jurgen and Laci

Jurgen Teichmann and Laci Kovacs are calling each other "Du" for the first time.

Ann and and I on Lake Winnipeg in the 'spring' of 2003.

Ann and and I on Lake Winnipeg in the "spring" of 2003.


Playing the mandolin on an excursion with my group, south of Munich in 1998.

Playing the mandolin on an excursion with my group, south of Munich in 1998.

A view of Lake Como.

A view of Lake Como.


Jǘrgen Teichmann explaining the physics of shadows, Lake Como.

Jǘrgen Teichmann explaining the physics of shadows, Lake Como.

Content in a Munich cafeteria.

Content in a Munich cafeteria.


My friends from the Deutsches Museum, Stefan Wolf and Michael Eckert, on a hiking trip, south of Munich.

My friends from the Deutsches Museum, Stefan Wolf and Michael Eckert, on a hiking trip, south of Munich.

The 'laboratory' of Volta at the University in Pavia.

The "laboratory" of Volta at the University in Pavia.


Jǘrgen Teichmann lectures Pavia on Galileo's discovery of projectile motion, on the occasion of his receiving the 'Volta medal'.

Jǘrgen Teichmann lectures Pavia on Galileo's discovery of projectile motion, on the occasion of his receiving the "Volta medal".

The 'Temple of Volta', Como, Italy.

The "Temple of Volta", Como, Italy.


A beer festival at Pognana, Lake Como.

A beer festival at Pognana, Lake Como.

My wife Ann viewing the solar eclipse in Munich, August 1999.

My wife Ann viewing the solar eclipse in Munich, August 1999.


Viewing the solar eclipse in Munich, August 1999.

Viewing the solar eclipse in Munich, August 1999.

StarTrek

Picture in the Winnipeg Free Press, (1994). I gave a talk to the world-conference of Star Trek fans in 1994: "The Physics of Star Trek".


Count Rumford

On U of M website on the occasion of the 7th IHPST conference held in Winnipeg, July, 2003.