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unusual facts about Ruhr University



Mubarak Ali

In 1972, he went first to London and then to Germany for higher studies and attained a PhD (on the Mughal Period of India) at Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany in 1976.

Z-pinch

They can be found in various institutions such as University of Nevada, Reno (USA), Cornell University (USA), University of Michigan (USA), Sandia National Laboratories (USA), University of California, San Diego (USA), University of Washington (USA), Ruhr University (Germany), Imperial College (United Kingdom), École Polytechnique (France), and the Weizmann Institute of Science (Israel).


see also

Downs–Thomson paradox

A 1968 article by Dietrich Braess, now at the Faculty of Mathematics in Ruhr University, pointed out the existence of this counter-intuitive occurrence on networks: the Braess' paradox states that adding extra capacity to a network, when the moving entities selfishly choose their route, can in some cases reduce overall performance.

Karla Pollmann

She studied Classics, Divinity, and Education at the Universities of Tübingen, Munich, Cambridge, and Bochum, receiving her PhD in Classics from the Ruhr University Bochum in 1990.

Oliver Marc Hartwich

He was a Visiting Fellow at the Law of School of University of Sydney in 2001/02 and later received a doctorate in law, also from the Ruhr University, under the supervision of Professor Daniel Zimmer in 2004.