Science in Germany

A larger-than-life monument to the inventor of the Bunsen burner.

An astonishingly accurate water clock that doubles as an hourly spectacle in this Berlin shopping area.

This public observatory is home to the "celestial cannon," the longest pointable telescope in the world.

The site of the original experiment that would be used to disprove the theory of luminiferous ether.

This spectrum of a star was observed by one of the world's most accurate spectrographs. 

This "Atomic Egg" appears on the city of Garching's coat of arms.

A six-story, asymmetrical tower filled to the brim with scientific experiments.

A lakeside footbridge that records Nobel Prize laureates' names in metal silhouette.

Before he was forced to flee the country under Nazi rule, Albert Einstein spent his summers in this custom-built lakeside house near Berlin.

A 1:2 billion-scale solar system leads visitors into this German university town.

This small university museum houses a priceless collection of scientific instruments.

The old castle kitchen where nucleic acid was first isolated is considered the "cradle of biochemistry."

A scale rocket of an Ariane 5 rocket serves as a monument to a pioneer of space science.

A beautiful old horse stable hosts one of the largest collections of domestic animal skeletons and taxidermy.

One of the world's oldest fossil exhibits is on display in a beautiful antique "naturalienkabinett."

A delightful but little-known public observatory and planetarium in Munich.