Christian Doppler

Johann Christian Andreas Doppler (November 29, 1803 in Salzburg – March 17, 1853 in Venice) was an Austrian mathematician and physicist, most famous for the hypothesis of what is now known as the Doppler effect which causes the frequency of a wave to apparently change as its source moves toward or away from you.

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Christian Doppler was born as the son of a stonemason, however could not work in his father's business because of his generally weak physical condition. After completing high school he studied physics and mathematics in Vienna and Salzburg and started to work at the Prague Polytechnic, where he was appointed professor for mathematics and physics in 1841.

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►	Introduction
►	Life
►	References
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►	External links

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Salzburg (2) - March 17 (2) - Prague Polytechnic (1) - Doppler effect (1) - Vienna (1) - 1841 (1) - Leap year (1) - Gregorian Calendar (1) - 76th (1) - 1853 (1) - 1803 (1) - November 29 (1) - Venice (1) - Physicist (1) - Mathematician (1) -

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