Two years, in a person's life, may be very short. But two years can also be enough to make a qualitative change in a person's life. During Arthur Hastings' tenure as Göttingen University Supervisor and National Special Representative from 1833-1834, what contributions did he make to the progress of human civilization as a whole?
George Ohm, who was buried in the academic world, was rediscovered by him. This future Copley Medal winner, a great scientist famous throughout Europe, shone brilliantly at the University of Göttingen. With Arthur Hastings' help, Gauss and Weber built the world's first geomagnetic monitoring station and, together with Alexander von Humboldt and Charles Wheatstone, established the Göttingen Electromagnetic Society.
