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Robert Mayer
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German physicist (1814-1878)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 62
Top works
- Robinson Crusoe (08) by Defoe, Daniel [Mass Market Paperback (2008)]
- History and TGe Early English Novel
- Byzantion, Konstantinupolis, Istanbul
- Ferret's Tale
- Through Divided Minds
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1977-10-16
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 16
- Total plays
- 73
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Development of the Colle-Salvetti correlation-energy formula into a functional of the electron density
· 1988 · cited 94,969x
- Hallmarks of Cancer: The Next Generation
· 2011 · cited 55,890x
- Research electronic data capture (REDCap)—A metadata-driven methodology and workflow process for providing translational research informatics support
· 2009 · cited 45,564x
- Regression Shrinkage and Selection Via the Lasso
· 1996 · cited 38,950x
- The PHQ-9
· 2001 · cited 38,345x
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Key facts
- Born
- Julius Robert Mayer , 25 November 1814, Heilbronn , Kingdom of Württemberg
- Died
- 20 March 1878 (1878-03-20) (aged 63), Heilbronn, Kingdom of Württemberg, German Empire
- Alma mater
- University of Tübingen
- Known for
- First law of thermodynamics , Mechanical equivalent of heat , Mayer's reagent , Mayer's relation
- Awards
- Copley Medal (1871), Poncelet Prize (1869)
- Fields
- Physics
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- Julius Robert Mayer von Friedrich Berrer (portrait).jpg
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- Julius Robert von Mayer
- date of death
- 1878-03-20
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Julius Robert von Mayer (25 November 1814 – 20 March 1878) was a German physician, chemist, and physicist and one of the founders of thermodynamics. He is best known for enunciating in 1841 one of the original statements of the conservation of energy or what is now known as one of the first versions of the first law of thermodynamics, namely that "energy can be neither created nor destroyed". In 1842, Mayer described the vital chemical process now referred to as oxidation as the primary source of energy for any living creature. He also proposed that plants convert light into chemical energy.
His achievements were overlooked and priority for the discovery in 1842 of the mechanical equivalent of heat was attributed to James Joule in the following year.