Key facts
- Born
- 26 March 1875, Danzig , Kingdom of Prussia , German Empire
- Died
- 16 November 1922 (1922-11-16) (aged 47), Munich , Bavaria , Weimar Republic
- Alma mater
- University of Berlin
- Known for
- Abraham–Minkowski controversy , Abraham–Lorentz force
- Fields
- Physics
- Institutions
- University of Göttingen (1900–1909) University of Chicago (1909–1909) Istituto Tecnico Superiore (until 1914) Technische Hochschule Stuttgart (until 1921)
- Doctoral advisor
- Max Planck
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Max
- Family name
- Abraham
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- German Reich
- Place of birth
- Gdańsk
- Place of death
- Munich
- Occupation
- mathematician
- Educated at
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- Employer
- Telefunken
- Languages spoken
- German
- Notable work
- Abraham–Lorentz force
- Doctoral advisor
- Max Planck
- Student of
- Max Planck
- Field of work
- physics
- Image
- Max abraham.png
- Work location
- Aachen
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- date of birth
- 1875-03-26
- date of death
- 1922-11-16
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons category
- Max Abraham
- writing language
- German
- member of
- Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- Commons Creator page
- Max Abraham
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Encyclopedic overview
Max Abraham ( German: [ˈaːbʀaham]; 26 March 1875 – 16 November 1922) was a German physicist known for his work on electromagnetism and his opposition to the theory of relativity.
Biography
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