Hermann Minkowski

Akademiker · Lebte 1864 bis 1909 · im Alter von 44

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Hermann Minkowski (* 22. Juni 1864 in Aleksotas, Russisches Kaiserreich, heute Kaunas, Litauen; † 12. Januar 1909 in Göttingen) war ein russisch-deutscher Mathematiker und Physiker.

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1909Gestorben12. Januar 1909“The whole world appears resolved into such world-lines.”Eigene WorteSpace and Time (1909), Tr. Ganesh Prasad in: Bulletin of the CalcuttaDie ganze Aussage lesen

“The word postulate of relativity... appears to me very stale... I should rather like to give this statement the name Postulate of the absolute world (or briefly, world-postulate).”Eigene WorteSpace and Time (1909), Tr. Ganesh Prasad in: Bulletin of the CalcuttaDie ganze Aussage lesen

1908“The views of space and time which I wish to lay before you have sprung from the soil of experimental physics, and therein lies their strength. They are radical.”Eigene Worte21. September 1908Address to the 80th Assembly of German Natural Scientists and Physicians, (Sep 21, 1908)Die ganze Aussage lesen

1907“The assumption of the contraction of the electron in Lorentz's theory must be introduced at an earlier stage than Lorentz has actually done.”Eigene Worteas translated by Meghnad Saha (1920)Die ganze Aussage lesen

“It would be very unsatisfactory if the new way of looking at the time-concept, which permits a Lorentz transformation, were to be confined to a single part of Physics.”Eigene Worteas translated by Meghnad Saha (1920)Die ganze Aussage lesen

“Many authors say that classical mechanics stand in opposition to the relativity postulate, which is taken to be the basic of the new Electro-dynamics”Eigene Worteas translated by Meghnad Saha (1920)Die ganze Aussage lesen

1882Grand prix des sciences mathématiquesAuszeichnung1864Geboren22. Juni 1864

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Hermann Minkowski Portrait

De Raum zeit Minkowski Bild (cropped)

De Raum zeit Minkowski Bild

Grab Hermann und Oskar Minkowski

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Hermann Minkowski

Histoire de la relativité - six personnalités

Minkowski Diagram from 1908 'Raum und Zeit' lecture

In ihren eigenen Worten 10

Hermann Minkowski

10 Aussagen, neueste zuerst

The whole world appears resolved into such world-lines.
1909, Space and Time (1909), Tr. Ganesh Prasad in: Bulletin of the Calcutta, Eigene Worte
The word postulate of relativity... appears to me very stale... I should rather like to give this statement the name Postulate of the absolute world (or briefly, world-postulate).
1909, Space and Time (1909), Tr. Ganesh Prasad in: Bulletin of the Calcutta, Eigene Worte
The views of space and time which I wish to lay before you have sprung from the soil of experimental physics, and therein lies their strength. They are radical.
21. Sept. 1908, Address to the 80th Assembly of German Natural Scientists and Physicians, (Sep 21, 1908), Eigene Worte