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Lorenz, Ludvig, 1829-1891

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Personal name headingLorenz, Ludvig, 1829-1891
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Variant(s)Lorenz, L. (Ludvig), 1829-1891
Lorenz, Ludwig, 1829-1891
Associated countryDenmark
Birth date1829-01-18
Death date1891-06-09
Field of activityPhysics Electromagnetism
Profession or occupationPhysicists
Found inKragh, Helge. Ludvig Lorenz, a nineteenth-century theoretical physicist, 2018
Die Lehre vom Licht, 1877: title page (von L. Lorenz)
Wikipedia, 21 August 2019 (Ludvig Valentin Lorenz (18 January 1829 - 9 June 1891) was a Danish physicist and mathematician. He developed mathematical formulae to describe phenomena such as the relation between the refraction of light and the density of a pure transparent substance, and the relation between a metal's electrical and thermal conductivity and temperature)
Wolfram Research WWW site, 21 August 2019 (Lorenz, Ludwig (1829-1891). Danish physicist who explained the transmission of forces through fields using differential equations . He demonstrated that electrical forces were propagated at the speed of light. The Lorenz gauge of electromagnetism is named in Lorenz's honor)
   <http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/Lorenz.html>