Gustav Kirchhoff
Also known as Gustav Robert Kirchhoff
German physicist (1824–1887)
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Gustav Kirchhoff was a German physicist who made important discoveries about how electricity flows through circuits and how materials emit light. His work laid crucial groundwork for understanding electrical systems and spectroscopy, which are fundamental to modern technology and science.
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- Born
- 12 March 1824
- Died
- 17 October 1887
- Works
- 16
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- Über das gleichgewicht und die bewegung einer elastischen scheibe
- Vorlesungen über mathematische Physik
- Theories of cognitive consistency; a sourcebook
- Abhandlungen über Emission und Absorption
- Abhandlungen über mechanische Wärmetheorie
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- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Austria
- Active from
- 1860-07-07
- Active to
- 1911-05-18
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Gustav Robert Kirchhoff ( German: [ˈgʊstaːf ˈʁoːbɛʁt ˈkɪʁçhɔf]; 12 March 1824 – 17 October 1887) was a German physicist and mathematician who contributed to the fundamental understanding of electrical circuits, spectroscopy, and the emission of black-body radiation by heated objects. He coined the term black body in 1860.
Several different sets of concepts are named "Kirchhoff's laws" after him, which include Kirchhoff's circuit laws, Kirchhoff's law of thermal radiation, Kirchhoff's diffraction formula, and Kirchhoff's law of thermochemistry.
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1824 births1887 deaths19th-century German inventors19th-century German physicistsAcademic staff of Heidelberg UniversityAcademic staff of the Humboldt University of BerlinAcademic staff of the University of BreslauDiscoverers of chemical elementsFellows of the Royal Society of EdinburghForeign associates of the National Academy of SciencesForeign members of the Royal Society