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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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Person · Open Library

Born
1864
Died
1965
Works
22

Top works

  • Kladské povídky
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  • Stíny jdou za námi
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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Berlin
Active from
1974-06-06
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Listeners
3
Total plays
3

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Josef
Gender
male
Citizenship
Austrian Empire
Place of death
Vienna
Occupation
professor
Position held
rector
Languages spoken
German
Native language
Slovene
Doctoral student
Ludwig Boltzmann
Field of work
physics
Image
Jozef Stefan.jpg
Residence
Austria
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Josef Stefan
date of birth
1835-03-24
date of death
1893-01-07
name in native language
Jožef Stefan
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birth name
Josef Stefan
pseudonym
J. A. Spleteni
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Encyclopedic overview

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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