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Wilhelm wien
- 2. Wien’s father'sname is Carl Wien. Wien was born on January 13, 1864. He is from Fischhausen, in East Prussia He is a German Physicist and is white. Wien became famous for Blackbody radiation. Got married in 1898 to Luise Mehler of Aix-la-Chapelle and later had four children. He became a professor in Munich and remained there the rest of his life. He died in Munich on August 30, 1928.
- 3. In 1882,Wien went to the University of Gottingen to study mathematics and natural sciences and later that year went to the University of Berlin. Before he finished his studies, Wien’s father got ill and he had to leave school to help his father out. Wien was able to study one semester with Helmholtz. He was a member of the Academies of Sciences of Berlin, Gottingen, Vienna, Christiania and Washington, and the Physical Society of Frankfurt-on-Main.
- 4. 1887 –Experimented on the permeability of metals, light, and heat rays. 1893 - He announced the law of displacement, stating that the wavelength changes with the temperature 1894 - Published a paper on temperature and the entropy of radiation. 1900 - Published his Lehrbuch der Hydrodynamik (Textbook of hydrodynamics)
- 5. 1911 -Awarded with the Noble Prize for providing a formula for the composition of radiation in short waves 1920 - Wien was appointed Professor of Physics at Munich
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