Max Richard Nagel

Background

Nagel, Max Richard was born on December 15, 1909 in Bautzen, Saxony, Germany. Son of Karl August and Auguste Anna (Rich) Nagel.

Education

Diploma in Engineering, Technology University, Dresden, Germany, 1935. Doctor in Engineering, Technology University, Dresden, Germany, 1939. Doctor in Engineering Habilitation, Technology University, Berlin, 1942.

Career

Engineer Dept Optics Engineering, Bosch AG, Stuttgart, Germany, 1935-1936; science co-worker, Deutsche Versuchanstalt f. Luftfahrt, Berlin-Adlershof, Germany, 1936-1942; chief engineering office, Hamburg, Germany., 1945-1949; science co-worker Photo Reconnaissance Laboratory, Aerial Reconnaissance Laboratory, Airforce Research and Development Command, Dayton, Ohio, 1949-1958; chief Thermal Radiation Laboratory, Air Force Cambridge Research Center, Bedford, Massachusetts, 1958-1960; science advisor, North Atlantic Treaty Organization Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers in Europe Air Defense Technology Center, The Hague, The Netherlands, 1960-1962; physical science administrator Technology Information Research Office, Defense Documentation Center, Alexandria, Virginia, 1962-1963; acting chief, senior scientist Space Optics Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Electronics Research Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1963-1970; science co-worker, Deutsche Forschungs- und Versuchsanst.f. Luft-University Raumfahrt, Oberpfaffenhofen, Federal Republic Germany, 1971-1978.

Achievements

• Max Richard Nagel has been listed as a noteworthy applied optics physicist by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Tables of Blackbody Radiation Functions: MacMillan Monographs in Applied Optics

    (Format Paperback Subject Literary Collections)

  • Daylight illumination: Color-contrast tables for full-form objects
  • Tables of Blackbody Radiation Functions: MacMillan Monographs in Applied Optics
  • Daylight Illumination: Color-Contrast Tables for Full-Form Objects

Membership

With German Armed Forces, 1942-1945. Member Optical Society of America, Deutsche Gesselschaft fuer Angewandte Optik.

Connections

Married Angelika von Braun, June 1, 1940 (deceased March 1979). Children: Michael von Braun, Stefan von Braun. Married Sieglinde Albertine Jobst, December 16, 1983.

Father:

Karl August Nagel

Mother:

Auguste Anna (Rich) Nagel

Spouse:

Angelika von Braun

Spouse:

Sieglinde Albertine Jobst

child:

Michael von Braun Nagel

child:

Stefan von Braun Nagel