Hermann Minkowski

ID: OS-010257-P/190753

Hermann Minkowski

First name:

Hermann

Last Name:

Minkowski

Date of birth:

22-06-1864

Date of death:

12-01-1909

Age:

Profession:

mathematician, MSc, physicist

Biography:

Hermann Minkowski (1864-1909) - mathematician and physicist with Polish-Jewish roots, born in Aleksocie in the Suwałki Governorate of the Kingdom of Poland; active in the German Empire, Switzerland. Among his best-known concepts is the so-called "Minkowski spacetime", a model in which time and three dimensions form a common structure. This model is used in the description of physical phenomena, e.g. in theoretical physics, computer programs for the simulation of relativistic phenomena, astrophysics or cosmology.

Publication:

24.06.2025

Last updated:

27.06.2025

see more Text translated automatically

Katalog poloników Show

Katalog poloników

Hermann Minkowski

Hermann Minkowski

First name:

Last Name:

Date of birth:

Date of death:

Age:

Profession:

Biography:

Publication:

Last updated:

Share

Related projects