Hermann Haken: From the Laser to Synergetics

1. Introduction
Bernd Kröger

2. Hermann Haken: Youth and University Education
Bernd Kröger

3. The Erlangen Years: Solid State Physics 1950 - 1960
Bernd Kröger

4. Appointment to the Theoretical Physics Chair at the Technical University Stuttgart
Bernd Kröger

5. Hermann Haken and the “Stuttgart School” 1960 – 1970: Their Contribution to the Development of Laser Theory
Bernd Kröger

6. Early Years of Synergetics: 1970 - 1978
Bernd Kröger

7. The Propagation of Synergetics: 1978 - 1987
Bernd Kröger

8. Synergetics 1987 - 2010: Applications in Medicine, Cognition and Psychology - A Survey
Bernd Kröger

9. Theories of Self-organization: The Role of Synergetics
Bernd Kröger

10. Summary
Bernd Kröger

11. Erratum to: Hermann Haken and the “Stuttgart School” 1960 – 1970: Their Contribution to the Development of Laser Theory
B. Kröger

Keywords: Engineering, Complexity, Nonlinear Dynamics, History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics, History of Science