Josef Stefan
Also known as Jožef Stefan
Carinthian Slovene physicist, mathematician and poet (1835-1893)
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Josef Stefan was a 19th-century physicist and mathematician from Carinthia (in present-day Austria) who made important contributions to the study of heat and radiation. He is best known for discovering the Stefan-Boltzmann law, which describes how much heat objects emit based on their temperature—a fundamental principle still used today in physics and engineering.
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- Born
- 1864
- Died
- 1965
- Works
- 22
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- Kladské povídky
- Kladské písničky
- České emigrantské osady v pruském Slezsku
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Berlin
- Active from
- 1974-06-06
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Josef Stefan (Slovene: Jožef Štefan; 24 March 1835 – 7 January 1893) was a Carinthian Slovene physicist, mathematician, and poet of the Austrian Empire.
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