Baedeker modern Baedekers under the catchphrase ""Wissen öffnet Welten"" ("Knowledge opens worlds"). The previous German editions had four main sections: "Background", "Tours", "Destinations from A to Z" and "Practical Information from A to Z". MairDumont added a fifth section in each guidebook entitled ""Erleben und Geniessen"" ("Experience and Enjoy"). These new Baedeker guides were the first such guidebooks to incorporate infographics. From the outset, Karl Baedeker recognised the importance of publishing his guides in English as well. His son Ernst had worked in London before joining Verlag Baedeker in 1859, and was entrusted with the task of preparing the first Baedeker
Karl Baedeker (scientist) the first transparent conducting oxide (TCO) thin film, cadmium oxide (CdO), in 1907. TCOs are now ubiquitous in optoelectronics and a multibillion-dollar industry. Baedeker was killed in action in August 1914 during World War I at the Battle of Liège . His son, Karl Friedrich Baedeker revived the Baedeker publishing house after the Second World War. In 2014, a conference on transparent conducting oxides was held in Leipzig to commemorate the centenary of Baedeker's death. A paper on the life and work of Baedeker was published in the proceedings of the meeting. Karl Baedeker (scientist) Karl Wilhelm Sali Baedeker (3