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Heinrich Hertz
Heinrich Rudolf Hertz was a German physicist who first conclusively proved the existence of the electromagnetic waves proposed by James Clerk Maxwell's equations of electromagnetism.
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Born 22 February 1857 · Died 1 January 1894 · Q41257
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2008· 1 entry
Published “Interpreting the Clinical Importance of Treatment Outcomes in Chronic Pain Clinical Trials: IMMPACT Recommendations” in The Journal of Pain — cited 2,860 times.
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2005· 1 entry
Published “Core outcome measures for chronic pain clinical trials: IMMPACT recommendations” in Pain — cited 3,340 times.
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2001· 1 entry
Awarded CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame (2001).
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1995· 1 entry
Published Hertz's laboratory notes
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1987· 1 entry
Is "for outstanding achievements in Hertzian waves [
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1975· 1 entry
Which came to be known as the DMT theory in the research community, which also recovered Hertz's formulations under the assumption of zero adhesion
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1969· 1 entry
In East Germany, a Heinrich Hertz memorial medal was cast
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1960· 1 entry
Officially replacing the previous name, "cycles per second" (cps)
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1930· 1 entry
For frequency, an expression of the number of times that a repeated event occurs per second
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1928· 1 entry
The Heinrich-Hertz Institute for Oscillation Research was founded in Berlin
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1897· 1 entry
Hertz placed the deflecting electrodes in a highly-conductive area of the tube, resulting in a strong screening effect close to their surface
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1894· 4 entries
“One cannot escape the feeling that these mathematical formulas have an independent existence and intelligence of their own, that they are wiser than we are, wiser even than their discoverers, that we get more out of them than was originally put into them.”
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“The rigour of science requires that we distinguish well the undraped figure of Nature itself from the gay-coloured vesture with which we clothe her at our pleasure.”
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Died 1894-01-01.
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“It's of no use whatsoever. This is just an experiment that proves Maestro Maxwell was right—we just have these mysterious electromagnetic waves that we cannot see with the naked eye. But they are there.”
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1892· 1 entry
Hertz was diagnosed with an infection (after a bout of severe migraines) and underwent operations to treat the illness
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1890· 2 entries
Awarded honorary member of the Physics Association (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) (1890).
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Won Rumford Medal (1890).
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1889· 2 entries
Awarded La Caze Prize of the Academy of Sciences (1889).
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“On the Propagation of Electric Waves by Means of Wires”
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1888· 2 entries
Won Matteucci Medal (1888).
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That showed transverse free space electromagnetic waves traveling at a finite speed over a distance
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1887· 2 entries
Awarded Bressa Prize (1887).
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Made observations of the photoelectric effect and of the production and reception of electromagnetic (EM) waves, published in the journal Annalen der Physik
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1886· 1 entry
Hertz married Elisabeth Doll, the daughter of Max Doll, a lecturer in geometry at Karlsruhe
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1885· 1 entry
Hertz became a full professor at the University of Karlsruhe
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1883· 2 entries
Tried to prove that the cathode rays are electrically neutral and got what he interpreted as a confident absence of deflection in an electrostatic field
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Hertz took a post as a lecturer in theoretical physics at the University of Kiel
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1882· 1 entry
Published “Ueber die Berührung fester elastischer Körper.” in crll — cited 3,478 times.
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1881· 1 entry
And 1882, Hertz published two articles on what was to become known as the field of contact mechanics, which proved to be an important basis for later theories in the field
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1880· 1 entry
Studied at Frederick William University Berlin, Doctor (1878–1880).
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1879· 1 entry
Helmholtz suggested that Hertz's doctoral dissertation be on testing Maxwell's theory
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1878· 1 entry
Studied at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (1877–1878).
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1876· 1 entry
Studied at TU Dresden (1876–1876).
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1875· 1 entry
Studied at Gelehrtenschule des Johanneums (1872–1875).
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1864· 1 entry
Scottish mathematical physicist James Clerk Maxwell proposed a comprehensive theory of electromagnetism, now called Maxwell's equations
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1857· 1 entry
Born 1857-02-22.
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