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He was born in Baden-Baden in Germany. He attended the University of Berlin. As a physicist at the Sorbonne he carried out research into the problems of atomic heat that confirmed theories first put forward by Albert Einstein, on specific heats at very low temperatures.
In 1914 Lindemann joined the Royal Flying Corps. He developed the mathematical theory of aircraft spin , which was quickly put into practice in air combat, while he was director of the Experimental Physics Station at FarnboroughThere are several places named Farnborough United Kingdom Farnborough, Greater London Farnborough, Hampshire Farnborough, Warwickshire Farnborough, West Berkshire..
Between the wars Lindermann was a professor of experimental philosophy at Oxford University and director of the Clarendon LaboratoryThe Clarendon Laboratory is the Department of Physics of the University of Oxford.. He was one of a number of experts who gave advice to Winston Churchill in the 1930s when the latter was out of office and leading a campaign for rearmament. When Churchill became Prime MinisterIn the United Kingdom, the Prime Minister is the head of government, exercising many of the executive functions nominally vested in the Sovereign, who is head of state. According to custom, the Prime Minister and the Cabinet (which he or she heads) are re, he appointed him the British government's leading scientific adviser, and later to the ministerial post Paymaster-GeneralPaymaster-General is a ministerial position in UK. Former holders of this post include: Sir Henry Brook Parnell 1835-1841 The Lord Colchester 1852 Lord Stanley 1853-1855 Robert Lowe 1855-1858 The Earl of Donoughmore 1858-1859 George Joachim Goschen 1859-1. He would hold this office again in Churchill's peacetime administration. At this point Lindemann was known to many simply as the Prof.
In 1942Events January January 1 World War II: The word " United Nations" is first officially used to describe the Allied pact. January 2 World War II: Manila is captured by Japanese forces. January 5 Amy Johnson disappears in flight over River Thames estuary ass he presented the War Cabinet with a paper advocating the area bombing of Geman cities in a strategic bombingStrategic bombing is a military strategem used in a total war style campaign that attempts to destroy the economic ability of a nation-state to wage war. It is a systematically organized and executed attack from the air. It is different from the tactical campaign. The strategy, which had other supporters, became an important part of the total warThis article is about total warfare. For the computer game series see Total War series''. Total war describes an international war in which countries or nations use all of their resources to destroy another organized country's or nation's ability to engag waged against Germany. It was implemented with great vigour by Air Chief Marshal Arthur "Bomber" Harris as officer commanding RAF Bomber Command.
In 1945 he returned to his post at Oxford University and the Clarendon laboratory. He continued to advise the government on nuclear research and created the Atomic Energy Authority. In 1956 he was created Viscount Cherwell .