Max Steenbeck

Max Steenbeck
On right, Max Steenbeck (1904–1981), ca. 1970
Born	Max Christian Theodor Steenbeck (1904-03-21)March 21, 1904 Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Died	December 15, 1981(1981-12-15) (aged 77) Berlin, Germany
Resting place	Babelsberg Goethestrasse Cemetery
Nationality	German
Citizenship	Germany
Alma mater	University of Kiel
Known for	Soviet program of nuclear weapons
Awards	Lomonosov Gold Medal (1972)
Scientific career
Fields	Nuclear physics
Institutions	University of Jena Institute A in Russia Siemens AG
Thesis	Absolute Messung des Quantenstroms im Röntgenstrahl  (1929)
Doctoral advisor	Walther Kossel

Max Christian Theodor Steenbeck (21 March 1904 – 15 December 1981) was a German nuclear physicist who invented the betatron in 1934 during his employment at the Siemens AG.

After the World War II, Steenbeck was taken into the Soviet custody and held in Russia where he was one of many German nuclear physicists in the Soviet program of nuclear weapons. After accepting the teaching position at the University of Jena, Steenback was reparated back to Germany where he devoted his career in teaching courses in university academia.