Wilhelm Wien

Wilhelm Carl Werner Otto Fritz Franz Wien (German pronunciation: [viːn]) (13 January 1864 – 30 August 1928) was a German physicist who, in 1893, used theories about heat and electromagnetism to deduce Wien's displacement law, which calculates the emission of a blackbody at any temperature from the emission at any one reference temperature. He also formulated an expression for the black-body radiation which is correct in the photon-gas limit. His ... more

Date of birth:

  • Jan 13, 1864

Date of death:

  • Aug 30, 1928 (age 64 years)
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Awards Won:

Year Award Notes/Description
  • 1911
  • For his discoveries regarding the laws governing the radiation of heat.
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