Heinrich Hertz
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 130 years ago |
| Date of birth | February 22,1857 |
| Zodiac sign | Pisces |
| Born | Hamburg |
| Germany | |
| Date of died | January 1,1894 |
| Died | Bonn |
| Germany | |
| Residence | Germany |
| Job | Inventor |
| Physicist | |
| Philosopher | |
| Education | Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich |
| Technische Universität München | |
| Humboldt University of Berlin | |
| Books | Die prinzipien der mechanik in neuem zusammenhange dargestellt |
| Electric Waves: Being Researches on the Propagation of Electric Action with Finite Velocity Through Space | |
| The principles of mechanics | |
| Miscellaneous Papers; With an Introd. by Philipp Lenard. Authorised English Translation by D. E. Jones and G. A. Schott | |
| Über sehr schnelle elektrische Schwingungen | |
| Electric Waves Being Researches on the Propagation of Electric Action with Finite Velocity Through Space | |
| Miscellaneous Papers | |
| Spouse | Elisabeth Hertz |
| Known for | Contact mechanics |
| Children | Mathilde Carmen Hertz |
| Johanna Hertz | |
| Parents | Gustav Ferdinand Hertz |
| Anna Elisabeth Pfefferkorn | |
| Awards | Rumford Medal |
| Full name | Heinrich Rudolf Hertz |
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| ID | 443510 |
Heinrich Hertz Life story
Heinrich Rudolf Hertz was a German physicist who first conclusively proved the existence of the electromagnetic waves predicted by James Clerk Maxwell's equations of electromagnetism. The unit of frequency, cycle per second, was named the "hertz" in his honor.
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