JENOPTIK’s Post

As of today, April 30, the #photonics community has a new little hero ... The scientist Ernst Abbe is now available as a Playmobil figure—complete with all the accessories; the little magnifying glass actually works and magnifies. It’s a wonderful idea and brilliantly executed don't you think? ❤️ We’ve placed the new figurine on the rooftop terrace of the Ernst Abbe high-rise in Jena. We are proud that our origins also trace back to the work of Ernst Abbe. The Ernst Abbe high-rise has been our headquarters since 1996; until 1991, it was the Zeiss administration building. Construction began in 1934, and it opened in 1936 (hence also known in #Jena as Building 36). The previous, smaller Zeiss administrative high-rise had to make way for the new building at the time, but it was precisely the place where Ernst Abbe often worked and where his desk stood. The physicist Ernst Abbe (1840–1905) developed the diffraction theory of microscopic imaging and, together with Carl Zeiss, thereby laid the foundation for the scientifically sound manufacture of microscopes. He was an innovative entrepreneur and, as a partner of Carl Zeiss, also a progressive social reformer. Jenoptik emerged from the "VEB Carl Zeiss Jena" combine in 1991 and we are proud of our shared strong #history in #optics in Jena and of being part of the larger Jena network. A big thank you goes to the team of Timo Mappes from "Deutsches Optisches Museum" (D.O.M.) as the initiators and implementers, as well as for their successful release today! Stiftung Deutsches Optisches Museum