University of Göttingen

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. When was University of Göttingen built?1734
2. How big is University of Göttingen?Among Germany's largest
3. What is the location?Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany
4. What is the official name?Georg August University of Göttingen
5. Who started the University of Göttingen?It was founded by George II, King of Great Britain and Elector of Hanover, in 1734.
6. Why was the University of Göttingen special in the 19th and 20th centuries?It became a world center for math and physics, with famous scientists like Hilbert, Born, and Prandtl working there.

Enlightenment: An 18th-century intellectual and cultural movement emphasizing reason, individualism, and skepticism.
Quantum Mechanics: A fundamental theory in physics describing nature at the smallest scales of energy and matter.
Aerodynamics: The study of the forces acting on an object as it moves through the air.
U15 Group: An association of fifteen leading research-intensive universities in Germany.