“Traveling in the Liberal Arts Tradition: Berlin, Leipzig, Warsaw, and St. Petersburg”

1. “Traveling in the Liberal Arts Tradition: Berlin, Leipzig, Warsaw, and St. Petersburg” May 11 – 31, 2004 Informational Meeting: December 10, 2003 “Scientific/Historical Traveling”; “Traveling with the Atom”; The “Alumni College” Website

2. The Hotel Bogota just off the Kurfurstendamm (Ku’damm) strasse

3. Dr Ensberg and Dr. Rodgers, May 2003

4. The Quadriga atop the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin

5. The Home of Fritz and Clara Haber at the former Kaiser Wilhelm Institute

6. The Building Boom in Berlin

7. The Youth Hostel in Leipzig

8. The Old City Hall in Leipzig

9. The Wilhelm Ostwald “Energy House” in the little village of Grossbothen

10. Dr. Rodgers in the Clemens Winkler Laboratory/Museum The Memorial to Clemens Winkler in Freibeg, the Silver City of Saxony

11. Dr. and Mrs. Moskwa near the old towne in Warsaw

12. The Frederic Chopin Monument in Lazienski Park near the Moskwa’s apartment in Warsaw

13. The Monument to the Jewish Ghetto Heroes in Warsaw

14. “The Castle on the Water”, Lizienski Park in Warsaw. The home of the last king of Poland, Stanislaw August Poniatowski

15. The Wilanow Castle in Warsaw

16. A Statue of Marie Sklodowska-Curie at the Cancer Centre and Institute of Oncology founded by Marie and her sister Bronya

17. Dr. Rodgers and Dr. Moskwa in Frombork where Copernicus lived until his death in 1543.

18. The Youth Hostel in St. Petersburg

19. At the Youth Hostel in St. Petersburg

20. The Kunstkammer Museum in St. Petersburg – home of the Lomonosov Museum and near the Mendeleev Apartment

21. The Church of the Spilt Blood looms at the end of a St. Petersburg canal

22. The Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg

23. Dmitrii Mendeleev’s Study in St. Petersburg

24. Eleonora Dubovitzkaya shows Dr. Moskwa Mendeleev’s textbook on economic theory

25. Dr. Moskwa near the entrance to the “Moskwa Hotel” in St. Petersburg

26. Dr. Moskwa negotiating with an artist and his “agent” on the Neva River (with the Hermitage State Museum in the background at left)

27. Where the last King of Poland spent his last days in exile in St. Petersburg.

28. A statue of Dmitrii Mendeleev near the Institute of Metrology, which he founded

29. Peterhof, the summer palace of the Tsars

30. The Tsarskoe Sielo, residence of Catherine the Great near St. Petersburg

31. Some Scientific Topics • Fritz Haber and the Fixation of Nitrogen • Clara Immerwahr – the Chemical Warfare Dilemma • Karl Bosch and Haber-Bosch Process • Otto Hahn Discovers Fission • Lise Meitner’s Role in Discovering Fission • Werner Heisenberg and the German Atomic Bomb • Kaiser Wilhelm II and his Institute • Clemens Winkler discovers Germanium • Wilhelm Ostwald and catalysts • Marie Skladovska Curie’s childhood • Marie and Pierre Curie discover Polonium and Radium • Dmitrii Mendeleev and the Periodic Table • Mikhail Lomonosov – the father of Russian Science and Poetry

32. Some Economic Topics • Financing Musical and Artistic Events – private vs state sources • Relative Exchange Rate and Purchasing Power of Currencies • The Corruption Index – Determination and Practical Implications • The Competitiveness Index – Determination and Practical Implications • The Globalization Index – Determination and Practical Implications • Consumer Goods -- Similarities and Differences in Availability • Comparative Studies of Movies, Books, TV Programming, Sports, Popular Music • Relative Life Expectancies • The Impact of the European Union on Germany, Poland, or Russia • The Big Mac Index – implications for a country’s economy! • The Building the Church of the Spilt Blood in 1905

33. More Economic Topics • Level of Income and Standards of Life (by country) • The Major Political Forces in Germany, Poland, or Russia – comparisons with the United States • The United States Steel Tariffs and its Impact on the Polish Steel Industry (Krakow) • Underground or Shadow Economy in a given country • Income distribution and poverty

34. Some Language and Culture Topics • A History of the Kurfurstendamm (Ku’damm) strasse • A History of the Hotel Bogota • The Berlin Wall and its Implications for a Divided City • The History of the Brandenburg Gate • The Book Burnings at the Babelplatz • Famous Exchanges at Check Point Charlie during the Cold War • The Reichstag as a Symbol of German History • The Wrapping of Reichstag by Christo (1995) • The Reichstag’s Restoration and Its Political Meaning • The Potsdam Platz: Its History and Redesign Today

35. Some Music Topics • Frederic Chopin -- Warsaw and Berlin Concert • Felix Mendelssohn – Leipzig • Johann Sebestian Bach – Leipzig • Gaetano Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor • Ludwig van Beethoven (Berlin Philharmonie) • Johannes Brahms (Berlin Philharmonie) • Arnold Schoenberg (Berlin Konzerthaus) • Gyorgy Ligeti (Berlin Konzerthaus) • Alexander Borodin – chemist by day; musician by night • Modest Mussorgsky

36. “Traveling in the Liberal Arts Tradition: Berlin, Leipzig, Warsaw, and St. Petersburg” May 11 – 31, 2004 Informational Meeting: December 10, 2003 “Scientific/Historical Traveling”; “Traveling with the Atom”; The “Alumni College” Website