Hermann Haken is physicist and professor emeritus in theoretical physics at the University of Stuttgart.
Education
After his studies in mathematics and physics in Halle (Saale) and Erlangen, receiving his Doctor of Philosophy in mathematics at the University of Erlangen and being guest lecturer at universities in the United Kingdom and United States., he was appointed as a full professor in theoretical physics at the University of Stuttgart.
Career
His research has been in non linear optics (his specialities are laser physics, particle physics, statistical physics and group theory). Haken developed his institute in a relatively short time to be an international center for laser theory, starting in 1960 when Theodore Maiman built the first experimental laser. Haken is the author of some 23 textbooks and monographs that cover an impressive number of topics from laser physics, atomic physics, quantum field theory, to synergetics.
Although Haken"s early books tend to be rather mathematical, at least one of his books Light is nicely written, for the more general reader, and loaded with physical insights.
One of his successful popular books is "Erfolgsgeheimnis der Natur", or in English, "The Science of Structure: Synergetics".
Membership
German Academy of Sciences at Berlin. Leibniz Society of Sciences. German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.
European Academy of Sciences and Arts.
Heidelberg Academy for Sciences and Humanities.