Gustav Kirchhoff

Also known as Gustav Robert Kirchhoff

German physicist (1824–1887)

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Gustav Kirchhoff was a German physicist who made important discoveries about how electricity flows through circuits and how materials emit light. His work laid crucial groundwork for understanding electrical systems and spectroscopy, which are fundamental to modern technology and science.

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Born: 12 March 1824
Died: 17 October 1887
Works: 16

Top works

Über das gleichgewicht und die bewegung einer elastischen scheibe
Vorlesungen über mathematische Physik
Theories of cognitive consistency; a sourcebook
Abhandlungen über Emission und Absorption
Abhandlungen über mechanische Wärmetheorie

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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: Austria
Active from: 1860-07-07
Active to: 1911-05-18

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Discography

Kindertotenlieder1951
Das Lied von der Erde1952
Symphony no. 3 in D‐minor / Fourteen Youth Songs1952
Symphony no. 4 in G major1952
Symphonie Nr. 81954
Symphony No. 1 In D Major1954
Symphony No. 1 In D Major1954
Kindertotenlieder / Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen1955
Symphonie Nr. 61955
Three Rückert Lieder1956

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5 total works indexed

Beiträge zur Optik trüber Medien, speziell kolloidaler Metallösungen
· 1908 · cited 9,801x
GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral
· 2017 · cited 8,070x
New method for quantitative determination of uronic acids
· 1973 · cited 6,075x
Resting Microglial Cells Are Highly Dynamic Surveillants of Brain Parenchyma in Vivo
· 2005 · cited 4,917x
Multi-messenger Observations of a Binary Neutron Star Merger<sup>*</sup>
· 2017 · cited 3,590x

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Quotes

“Look here, I have succeeded at last in fetching some gold from the sun.”
“Heat rays have the same nature as light rays... The invisible heat rays are distinguished from light rays only by the period of or the wave length.”
“All heat rays follow the same laws in their propagation, which are known for light rays.”
“Of the heat rays... sent... to a body by its surroundings a part are absorbed, the others are... varied by reflection and . The rays refracted and reflected... pass off... with those sent out by it, without... mutual disturbance...”
“Through the radiations... a body sends out, the quantity of ... it contains will... sustain a loss... equivalent to the of those rays, and through the heat rays... it absorbs, a gain... equivalent to the vis viva of the absorbed rays.”
“[I]n certain cases an exception to this rule may occur... [when] absorption and the radiation produce other changes in the body.., for example in bodies... chemically changed by light... [etc.]”

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Commons category: Gustav Robert Kirchhoff
date of birth: 1824-03-12
date of death: 1887-10-17
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name in native language: Gustav Robert Kirchhoff

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Gustav Robert Kirchhoff ( German: [ˈgʊstaːf ˈʁoːbɛʁt ˈkɪʁçhɔf]; 12 March 1824 – 17 October 1887) was a German physicist and mathematician who contributed to the fundamental understanding of electrical circuits, spectroscopy, and the emission of black-body radiation by heated objects. He coined the term black body in 1860.

Several different sets of concepts are named "Kirchhoff's laws" after him, which include Kirchhoff's circuit laws, Kirchhoff's law of thermal radiation, Kirchhoff's diffraction formula, and Kirchhoff's law of thermochemistry.