Otto von Guericke
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Otto von Guericke was a German scientist, inventor, and politician who lived from 1602 to 1686 and made important contributions to understanding air pressure and vacuums. His work helped advance scientific knowledge during a pivotal period in European history when the modern scientific method was developing.
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- Born
- 1602
- Died
- 1686
- Works
- 10
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- Otto von Guericke's sammlung lateinischer, französischer, italienischer, holländischer und deutscher sinnsprüche
- "Magdeburg hemispheres."
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- Otto v. Guericke über die Luftpumpe und den Luftdruck
- Experimenta nova (ut vocantur) Magdeburgica de vacuo spatio primùm à R. P. Gaspare Schotto...nunc verò ab ipso auctore perfectiùs edita, variisque aliis experimentis aucta
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Otto von Guericke ( UK: /ˈɡɛərɪkə/ GAIR-ik-ə, US: /ˈɡ(w)ɛərɪkə, -ki/ G(W)AIR-ik-ə, -ee, German: [ˈɔtoː fɔn ˈɡeːʁɪkə] ; spelled Gericke until 1666; 30 November [O.S. 20 November] 1602 – 21 May [O.S. 11 May] 1686) was a German scientist, inventor, mathematician, and physicist. His pioneering scientific work, the development of experimental methods and repeatable demonstrations on the physics of the vacuum, atmospheric pressure, electrostatic repulsion, his advocacy for the reality of "action at a distance" and of "absolute space" were noteworthy contributions for the advancement of the Scientific Revolution.
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