Background
Stiegler, Drago was born on October 24, 1919 in Zagreb, Croatia. Son of Stjepan and Katarina Stiegler.
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Drago Stiegler, Croatian mathematician. Recipient Twenty Century award for outstanding achievement in physics and cosmology, 1999; fellow honorary Research Institute History of Science and Technology, Deutsches Museum, Munich, 1964, Technology University, Munich, 1964-1984; Research scholar, Joyce and Zlatko Baolkovich Foundation, Harvard University, 1961-1963.
Education
Student in Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University Zagreb, 1938—1946. Student in Philosophy, University Zagreb, 1946—1949. Doctor of Philosophy in Theoretical Physics, Technology University, Munich, 1963.
Doctor of Science (honorary) in Mathematics Physics, World University, 1990.
Career
Professor mathematics Engineering College, Zagreb, 1946-1950. Research mathematician, constructor optical instruments Ghetaldus Company, 1950-1956, chief department ophthalmological optics, 1957-1959. Correspondence with Albert Einstein concerning the axiomatic foundation of Special Theory of Relativity, 1951, Einstein Archives, Jerusalem, Boston.
Collected Papers of A. Einstein. Science consultant AFGA Camera Works, Munich, 1960, Technology University, Munich, 1964-1984. United Nations Educational research fellow Institut Henri Poincare, Sorbonne, University Paris, 1954-1955.
Lecturer in field; active professional international congresses.
Achievements
Membership
Active participant Séminaire de Recherches Louis de Broglie and Séminaire Nicolas Bourbaki. Fellow Royal Astronomical Society (London), National Academy of Sciences (India), New York Academy of Sciences, Institute for Foundations Research in Physics and Cosmology. Member Society Astronomica Italiana, Society Mathematics de France, International Mathematics Union, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Angewandte Optik.
Connections
Married Hildegard Sarko, September 22, 1951. 1 child, Cornelia.
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Recipient Twenty Century award for outstanding achievement in physics and cosmology, 1999. Fellow honorary Research Institute History of Science and Technology, Deutsches Museum, Munich, 1964, Technology University, Munich, 1964-1984. Research scholar, Joyce and Zlatko Baolkovich Foundation, Harvard University, 1961-1963.Recipient Twenty Century award for outstanding achievement in physics and cosmology, 1999. Fellow honorary Research Institute History of Science and Technology, Deutsches Museum, Munich, 1964, Technology University, Munich, 1964-1984. Research scholar, Joyce and Zlatko Baolkovich Foundation, Harvard University, 1961-1963.