Wilhelm Wien

Wilhelm Wien (January 13, 1864 – August 30, 1928) was a German physicist who, in 1893, used theories about heat and electromagnetism to compose Wien's Law, which relates the maximum emission of a blackbody to its temperature.

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January 13 - 1864 - August 30 - 1928 - German - Physicist - 1893 - Heat - Electromagnetism - Wien's Law - Emission - Blackbody - Temperature

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As Max von Laue wrote of Wien, "his immortal glory" was that he "led us to the very gates of quantum physics".

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Max von Laue - Quantum physics

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Wien was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics for 1911. A crater on Mars is named in his honor.

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Nobel Prize for Physics - 1911 - Crater - Mars

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