Christian Wiener
| Christian Wiener | |
|---|---|
| Born |
December 7, 1826 Darmstadt, Germany |
| Died |
July 31, 1896 (aged 69) Karlsruhe, Germany |
| Nationality |
 German |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Karlsruhe Institute of Technology |
| Alma mater | University of Giessen |
| Known for | Brownian motion |
Ludwig Christian Wiener (7 December 1826 Darmstadt – 31 July 1896 Karlsruhe) was a German mathematician who specialized in descriptive geometry. Wiener was also a physicist and philosopher. In 1863, he was the first person to identify qualitatively the internal molecular cause of Brownian motion.
Selected publications
- Lehrbuch der darstellenden Geometrie, 2 Bände, Teubner, Leipzig 1884, 1887, online at archiv.org: ,
- Die ersten Sätze der Erkenntniß, insbesondere das Gesetz der Ursächlichkeit und die Wirklichkeit der Außenwelt, Berlin, Lüderitz 1874
- Die Freiheit des Willens, Darmstadt, Brill 1894
- Die Grundzüge der Weltordnung, Leipzig, Winter 1863,
- Über Vielecke und Vielflache, Teubner 1864
References
- Thompson, D W., 1992. On Growth and Form. Cambridge Univ. Press. Abridged edition by John Tyler Bonner, p. 45. ISBN 0-521-43776-8, ISBN 978-0-521-43776-9.Online in Google Books
- Christian Wiener at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Christian Wiener", MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, University of St Andrews.
- Otto Wiener, "Christian Wiener zum 100. Geburtstag", Naturwissenschaften Bd.15, 1927, Issue 4.
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