• Physics and its didactics
• Didactic teaching and learning research
• Experimental history of science

Publications since 2000 (you can find the complete list here)

Heering, F. Rieß, Ch. Sichau: Historical experiments put to the test. In: Spektrum der Wissenschaft 12/1999, pp. 86-93 also published as: La reproducción de experimentos históricos. In: Investigacion y Ciencia, N-286, Julio de 2000, p. 62-69

R. Singh, F. Riess: Pieter Zeeman Chair in Amsterdam and C.V. Raman's Dutch Connections. In: Current Science 78 (2000), no. 3, p. 351-353

R. Singh, F. Riess: Bidhu Bhusan Ray and his contacts to western scientists. In: Science and Culture 66 (2000), no. 5/6, p. 177-181

R. Singh, F. Riess: Mahatma Gandhi and his four chances for the Nobel Peace Prize. In: diskus (Journal of the Fellows of the Heinrich Böll Foundation), issue 10/2000, p. 43-48

T. Nielsen, F. Riess (eds.): Themenheft Science and Education vol. 9, no. 4 (July 2000) "History and Philosophy in German Science Education"; therein the contributions: Editorial, p. 325-326 (with T. Nielsen), Problems with German Science Education, p.327-331, History of Physics in Science Teacher Training in Oldenburg, p. 399-402

Falk Müller, Christian Sichau, Falk Riess: Popularising science by performing historical experiments. Conference on Science Communication, Education and the History of Science, Royal Society, London 2000

Enhanced science and maths teaching under project and epochal aspects. Collaboration on the final report of the school accompanying research project at the Findorff School Centre, Bremen: Landesinstitut für Schule, 2000

Peter Heering, Falk Rieß, Christian Sichau (eds.): In the laboratory of physics history. Zur Untersuchung historischer Experimentalpraxis, Oldenburg: BIS-Verlag 2000 Including the contributions: Preface, pp. 5-8; Forms of Experimental Action: Retrospect and Prospect, pp. 209-220

Falk Rieß: Practical co-operation between theology and physics. In: Religion Today 44 (December 2000), pp. 223-224

R. Singh, F. Riess: The Nobel Prize for Physics in 1930 - A close decision? In: Grades and Records of the Royal Society London vol. 55 (2001), no. 2, p. 267-283

Falk Riess: Historical Experiments - A Modern Approach to Physics Teaching? In: J. Turlo (ed.): Science and Mathematics Teaching for the Information Society, Torun 2001, pp. 41-52

H. Beneken, J. Frercks, P. Heering, A. Makus, F. Riess: Forces, Distances and Laws: An Experimental Competition about Electricity among an Englishman, a Frenchman, and a German. In: H.U. Oberist and B. Vanderlinden (eds.): LABORATORIUM, Cologne: Dumont 2001, pp. 237-240

M. Wächter, F. Riess, N. Zacharias: A Multibody Model for the Simulation of Bicycle Suspension Systems. In: Vehicle System Dynamics 37, no. 1 (2002), p. 3-28

Armin Bernhard, Armin Kremer and Falk Rieß (eds.): Kritische Erziehungswissenschaft und Bildungsreform: Programmatik - Brüche - Neuansätze (Volume 1 - Theoretische Grundlagen und Widersprüche. Band 2 - Reformimpulse in Pädagogik, Didaktik und Curriculumentwicklung), Schneider Verlag Hohengehren, Baltmannsweiler 2003
therein: F. Rieß: Kritische Naturwissenschaftsdidaktik: Inhaltsbereiche und Forschungspraxis, pp. 265-275

Falk Riess: Mierzenie i opanowanie przyrody. In: J. Turlo (ed.): Eksperymenty historyczne w nauczaniu fizyki. Materialy naukowe i kulturalno-historczne, Torun 2001, pp. 85-98

M. Waechter, H. Kantz, J. Peinke, F. Rieß: Stochastic analysis of surface roughness. In: Europhysics Letters, Vol. 64 No. 5 (December 2003), p. 579-586

R. Singh, F. Riess: The Nobel Laureate Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman FRS and his contacts with the British scientific community in a social and political context. In: Grades and Records of the Royal Society London 58, p. 47-64 (2004)

M. Wächter, T. Schimmel, U. Wendt, J. Peinke, F. Rieß: Stochastic analysis of different rough surfaces. In: The European Physical Journal B 41, 259-277 (2004)

Falk Riess: Foreword. In: Rajinder Singh: Nobel Laureate C.V. Raman's Science, Philosophy and Religion, Dharmaram Publications Bangalore, Bangalore 2004

J. Peinke, M. Siefert, S. Barth, C. Renner, F. Riess, M. Wächter and R. Friedrich: Fat Tail Statistics and Beyond. In: Advances in Solid State Physics Vol. 44, 363-374, (2004)

Falk Riess, Peter Heering, Dennis Nawrath: Reconstructing Galileo's Inclined Plane Experiments for Teaching Purposes. In: Proceedings of the 7th IHPST conference in Leeds 2005 http://www.ihpst2005.leeds.ac.uk/papers.htm

Armin Kremer, Falk Rieß: Mobilisation in the classroom. The instrumentalisation of physics education for nation and war in the German Empire, in: Die Deutsche Schule 3/2006, pp. 270-284

A. Junk, F. Riess: From an idea to a vision: There's plenty of room at the bottom. American Journal of Physics 74 (9), 2006, pp. 825-830

Falk Rieß (ed.): Insights into current research contexts in mathematics education. Didaktisches Zentrum (diz): Oldenburg 2006 (Oldenburger Vordrucke 542). Including: Foreword, p. 5f.

Stefan Sundermeier, Falk Rieß: Ideas about sensory perception. Didactic reconstruction in an interdisciplinary project. In: D. Höttecke (ed.): Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht im internationalen Vergleich, GDCP Jahrestagung 2006. vol. 27.Münster [u.a.]: LIT Verlag, pp. 331-333

Falk Riess: Short history of the use of historical experiments in German physics lessons. In: P. Heering, D. Osewold (eds.): Constructing Scientific Understanding through Contextual Teaching, Frank & Timme Berlin 2007, p. 219-226

J. Teichmann, A. Stinner, F. Riess (guest editors): Special issue of Science & Education: Learning and Entertainment. From Itinerant Lecturers of the 18th Century to Popularizing Science for the 21st Century, 16 (2007), No. 6. In: J. Teichmann, A. Stinner, F. Riess: Historical and Pedagogical Perspectives on Entertainment, Popularisation and Learning in Science, p.511-516

S. Heinicke, F. Rieß: Who likes to make mistakes? - A study on students' understanding of measurement uncertainties. In: V. Nordmeier (ed.): DPG-Frühjahrstagung Regensburg 2007 (CD)

A. Kremer, F. Rieß: In favour of a political teaching of nature. Gerda Freise 1919 - 2007 In: Päd Forum: unterrichten erziehen, H. 6/2007, p. 374

St. Sundermeier, F. Rieß: Ideas and teaching experiments on sensory perception. Conclusions from a comparison of the perceptions of subject specialists and pupils. In: D. Höttecke (ed.): Kompetenzen, Kompetenzmodelle, Kompetenzentwicklung, GDCP Jahrestagung 2007. vol. 28. Münster [u.a.]: LIT Verlag, pp. 305-307

F. Rieß, D. Höttecke: Science or humbug? The inexplicable as the subject of teaching about the nature of science. In: Naturwissenschaften im Unterricht Physik, H. 103 (1/08), pp. 44-47

D. Höttecke, F. Rieß: HIPST - History and Philosophy in Science Teaching. An EU project for teaching development. In: V. Nordmeier (ed.), DPG-Fachverband Didaktik (ed.): Didaktik der Physik - Physikertagung 2008, Conference CD (2009)

F. Rieß: Introduction. In: M. Fansa (ed.): Xplora: Physik auf dem Marktplatz - im Labor - im Hörsaal. The Practice of Experimental Physics in Europe between 1700 and 1920, pp. 11-12

F. Rieß: History of the laboratory. In: M. Fansa (ed.): Xplora: Physik auf dem Marktplatz - im Labor - im Hörsaal. The practice of experimental physics in Europe between 1700 and 1920, pp. 21-26

F. Rieß: The role of experiments in education. In: M. Fansa (ed.): Xplora: Physik auf dem Marktplatz - im Labor - im Hörsaal. The practice of experimental physics in Europe between 1700 and 1920, pp. 33-40

F. Rieß: Object descriptions in: M. Fansa (ed.): Xplora: Physik auf dem Marktplatz - im Labor - im Hörsaal. The practice of experimental physics in Europe between 1700 and 1920, from p. 41

Höttecke, D., & Rieß, F.: Developing and Implementing Case Studies for Teaching Science with the Help of History and Philosophy. Framework and Critical Perspectives on "HIPST" - a European Approach for the Inclusion of History and Philosophy in Science Teaching. Paper presented at the Tenth International History, Philosophy, Sociology & Science Teaching Conference (IHPST), South Bend, USA 2009, June 24 - 88, 2009, http://www.nd.edu/~ihpst09/papers/Hoettecke_Paper_IHPST09.pdf (04.01.2010). (2009)

Henke, A., Höttecke, D. & Rieß, F.: Case Studies for Teaching and Learning with History and Philosophy of Science: Exemplary Results of the HIPST project in Germany. Paper presented at the Tenth International History, Philosophy, Sociology & Science Teaching Conference (IHPST), South Bend, USA 2009, June 24 - 88, 2009, http://www.nd.edu/~ihpst09/papers/Henke_MS.pdf (07.01.2010).(2009)

S. Heinicke, J. Glomski, B. Priemer, F. Rieß: Learning from mistakes. On the relevance of an adequate understanding of "measurement errors", in: Praxis der Naturwissenschaften - Physik in der Schule 59 (2010), No. 5, 26-33

Collaboration with:

• R. Steiner, elektrische leitung auf dem holzweg. stephen grey, DVD (14:00 minutes), Oldenburg 2010
• R. Steiner, electrical and magnetic attraction under the magnifying glass: william gilbert, DVD (14:15 minutes), Oldenburg 2010
• R. Steiner, what is motion? the example of the law of gravity, DVD (3:38 minutes), Oldenburg 2010
• R. Steiner, electrical repulsion and scientific instruments: otto von guericke and the sulphur sphere, DVD (3:05 minutes), Oldenburg 2010
• R. Steiner, scenic dialogue between aristotle and galileo: on free fall and the role of mathematics in science, DVD (5:50 minutes), Oldenburg 2010
• R. Steiner, scenic dialogue between aristotle and galileo: thought experiment and free fall, DVD (6:45 minutes), Oldenburg 2010
• R. Steiner, scenic dialogue between aristotle and galileo: on idealisation and inertia, DVD (6:25 minutes), Oldenburg 2010

All videos can be found on HIPSTTUBE(http://www.youtube.com/user/HIPSTTUBE/videos)

R. Singh, F. Rieß: From Crown Colony to Nuclear Power. The rise of physics in India in the 19th and 20th centuries. Physics Journal 9 (2010) No. 11, 41-45

P. Heering, F. Rieß: The Magnus effect. In: Physics in our time 3/2010, 150

S. Heinicke, F. Riess: Gauss 2.0 - Can the traditional error calculation still be saved or are there more suitable alternatives? In: D. Höttecke (ed.), Entwicklung naturwissenschaftlichen Denkens zwischen Phänomen und Systematik. Society for Didactics of Chemistry and Physics. Annual conference in Dresden 2009. Münster 2010: LIT-Verlag, pp. 122 - 124

D. Höttecke, A. Henke, F. Riess: Implementing History and Philosophy in Science Teaching: Strategies, Methods, Results and Experiences from the European HIPST Project, in: Science & Education vol. 21(9) (2012), p. 1233-1261

S. Heinicke, F. Riess: Do it again! On the understanding of repeated measurements. In: D. Höttecke (ed.), Science education as a contribution to shaping participatory democracy. Society for Didactics of Chemistry and Physics. Annual conference in Potsdam 2010. Münster 2011: LIT-Verlag, pp. 357-359

F. Rieß, V. Maiseyenka, K. Gleine: Cool, ey - learning at stations on topics of thermodynamics in the context of the development of cooling technology. In: Naturwissenschaften im Unterricht Physik 22 (2011), Issue 126 (6/11), pp. 11-15

D. Höttecke, A. Henke, F. Rieß: What is motion? A historical case study on the concept of inertia and learning about the nature of science. In: Naturwissenschaften im Unterricht Physik 22 (2011), Issue 126 (6/11), pp. 25-31

F. Rieß: Self-construction of a Leiden bottle (experiment file). In: Naturwissenschaften im Unterricht Physik 22 (2011), Issue 126 (6/11), p. 43

F. Rieß, W. Engels: The electrophorus - a simple electrifying machine (experiment file). In: Naturwissenschaften im Unterricht Physik 22 (2011), Issue 126 (6/11), p. 43

Henke, A. & Höttecke, D. in collaboration with Rieß, F., Heise, F., Nienhausen, M., Mocha, C., Schütt, H., Stephan, T.: Describing and explaining electrical processes. Die Fallstudie "Charles du Fay" (Describing and explaining electrical phenomena. The case study "Charles du Fay"). Natural Sciences in the Classroom - Physics, 22 (2011), Issue 126, 20-24.

Heise, F. & Höttecke, D. in collaboration with A. Henke and F. Rieß: From the steam engine to the circular process. Efficiency in technoscientific and economic contexts [From steam engines to thermodynamic cycles. Efficiency in technoscientific and economic contexts]. Unterricht Physik, 23 (2012), Issue 132, 35-38.

S. Heinicke, F. Rieß (2012): Missing Links in the Experimental Work: Student's Actions and Reasoning on Measurement and Uncertainty. In: L. Maurines & A. Redfors (Eds.); ESERA 2011 Proceedings. Nature of Science, History, Philosophy, Sociology of Science

Singh, R. & Rieß, F. (2012): Indian nominators and nominees for the Peace Nobel Prize, Science and Culture 78, 22-28.

R. Singh, F. Riess: Belated Nobel Prize for Max Born FRS, in: Indian Journal of History of Science, 48.1 (2013), 79-104

F. Rieß, A. Kremer: Physics Education and the Cold War, in: Ch. Forstner, D. Hoffmann (eds.): Physik im Kalten Krieg. Contributions to the History of Physics during the East-West Conflict, Heidelberg 2013: Springer, pp. 273-283

A. Henke, S. Heinicke, F. Rieß: The unresolved (free) fall, in: Naturwissenschaften im Unterricht Physik 25 (2014), Issue 139, pp. 32-38

S. Heinicke, F. Rieß: Good atom - bad atom, in: Naturwissenschaften im Unterricht Physik 25 (2014), Issue 141/142, pp. 14-18

S. Heinicke, M. Zimmermann, F. Rieß: Tracking down the invisible, in: Naturwissenschaften im Unterricht Physik 25 (2014), Issue 141/142, pp. 38-43

D. Höttecke, F. Rieß: Natural science experimentation in the light of recent science research - In search of an authentic concept of experiment in subject didactics, in: Zeitschrift für Didaktik der Naturwissenschaften, November 2015, Volume 21, Issue 1, pp 127-139; DOI 10.1007/s40573-015-0030-z

F. Rieß: Wilhelm Füßl; Andrea Lucas; Matthias Röschner. Reality and illusion: The dioramas in the German Museum. In: ISIS-Volume 109, No. 4, 2018, p. 868-869. review

Markus Ecke, Falk Rieß, The Magnus Effect. On its discovery, its explanation and its technical significance, in: Dieter Hoffmann (ed.), Gustav Magnus und sein Haus, Berlin/Diepholz 2020, pp. 151-188

Wolfgang Engels, Falk Rieß: The wires of Georg Simon Ohm (1789-1854). In: Peter Heering (ed.): Canonical Experiments in Physics. Fachliche Grundlagen und historischer Kontext, Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2022, p. 89-107(https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-64646-5_6). https://rdcu.be/cN8mV

W. Engels, F. Riess, 'The Wires of Georg Simon Ohm: Reconstruction and Reanimation of Ohm's Experiments on the Resistance in Closed Electric Circuits', in: Scientific Instruments Society Bulletin No. 155 (December 2022), pp.10-22.

• Born on 10 February 1944
• 1964 A-levels
• 1964-1970 Studied physics, education and philosophy at Darmstadt Technical University, graduating with a Diplom degree in physics
• 1970-1976 Teaching at a grammar school and lecturer at the universities of Darmstadt, Marburg and Bremen
• From 1974 research assistant, from 1987 university lecturer for the subject area "Physics and its didactics" at the University of Oldenburg
• 1977 Doctorate in educational science (didactics), University of Oldenburg
• Since 1982 founder and head of the working group "Didactics and History of Physics"
• 1990/91 and 1995/96 Dean of the Department of Physics
• from 2001 Lecturer in the doctoral programme "Fachdidactic Teaching and Learning Research - Didactic Reconstruction"
• From 2003 Deputy Director and 2004-2008 Director of the "Centre for Teacher Education, School Development, Knowledge Transfer and Didactic Research - Didactic Centre"
• 2004 Exhibition "Carl Ramsauer - Physicist and Educator from Oldenburg", State Museum for Nature and Man, Oldenburg
• 2004 Awarded the Joseph H. Hazen Education Prize of the History of Science Society (USA)
• 2008-2010 EU project "History and Philosophy in Science Teaching" (HIPST)
• 2009 Retirement from service
• 2009 Exhibition "Xplora: Physics on the marketplace - in the laboratory - in the lecture theatre. The practice of experimental physics in Europe between 1700 and 1920", Landesmuseum für Natur und Mensch, Oldenburg
• Since 2012 Co-partner of HistEx GmbH Oldenburg - Historical Experiments and Instruments

Memberships

• German Society for Educational Science (DGfE)
• Society for the History of Science, Medicine and Technology (GWMT)
• German Physical Society (DPG), Association for the History of Physics, Association for the Didactics of Physics
• European Association for the Study of Science and Technology (EASST)
• European Physical Society (EPS)
• European Science Education Research Association (ESERA)
• Georg Agricola Society
• Society for the Didactics of Chemistry and Physics (GDCP)
• History of Science Society (HSS )
• Human-Powered-Vehicle (HPV) Germany
• The International History, Philosophy and Science Teaching Group (IHPST)
• International Human Powered Vehicle Association (IHPVA)
• Oldenburg University Society (UGO)
• Knowledge and Responsibility - Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker Society
• Scientific Instrument Society (SIS)

Links to

• https://www.presse.uni-oldenburg.de/mit/2004/321.html
• https://www.presse.uni-oldenburg.de/mit/2002/143.html
• https://www.nwzonline.de/wirtschaft/weser-ems/die-eiskalte-idee-des-genies_a_6,1,3463510062.html
• https://www.c2dh.uni.lu/de/thinkering/images-invisible-traces-documenting-and-re-enacting-18th-century-experiment
• https://www.nwzonline.de/ammerland/bildung/aehnliches-nur-in-kassel-muenchen-und-australien_a_1,0,489835227.html