Ferdinand Braun

Also known as Karl Ferdinand Braun

German inventor and physicist (1909 Nobel Prize)

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Ferdinand Braun was a German inventor and physicist who won the Nobel Prize in 1909 for his work in physics. His contributions to science and invention were significant enough to earn him recognition as one of the leading figures in early 20th-century physics.

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Born: 1850
Died: 1918
Works: 3

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Ueber den Einfluss von Steifigkeit, Befestigung & Amplitude auf die Schwingungen von Saiten
Über physikalische Forschungsart
Geheimnisse der Zahl und Wunder der Rechenkunst

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Type: Person
Active from: 1812
Active to: 1854

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Using thematic analysis in psychology
· 2006 · cited 144,937x
Scalable molecular dynamics with NAMD
· 2005 · cited 15,767x
Reflecting on reflexive thematic analysis
· 2019 · cited 14,875x
One size fits all? What counts as quality practice in (reflexive) thematic analysis?
· 2020 · cited 7,257x
Circular RNAs are a large class of animal RNAs with regulatory potency
· 2013 · cited 6,745x

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date of birth: 1850-06-06
date of death: 1918-04-20
name in native language: Karl Ferdinand Braun

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Karl Ferdinand Braun ( German: [ˈfɛʁdinant ˈbʁaʊ̯n] ; 6 June 1850 – 20 April 1918) was a German applied physicist who shared the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physics with Guglielmo Marconi for their contributions to the development of radio. With his two circuit system, long range radio transmissions and modern telecommunications were made possible. His invention of the phased array antenna in 1905 led to the development of radar, smart antennas, and MIMO. Braun built the first cathode-ray tube in 1897, which led to the development of television, and the first semiconductor diode in 1874, which co-started the development of electronics and electronic engineering.

Braun was a co-founder of Telefunken, one of the pioneering communications and television companies. He has been called the "father of television" (shared with inventors like Paul Nipkow), the "great-grandfather of every semiconductor ever manufactured," and a co-father of radiotelegraphy, together with Marconi, laying the foundation for all modern wireless systems.