Eduard Grüneisen

Eduard August Grüneisen (26 May 1877 – 5 April 1949) was a German physicist.[1]

Eduard Grüneisen
Born26 May 1877
Giebichenstein, German Empire
Died5 April 1949 (1949-04-06) (aged 71)
Marburg, Germany
NationalityGerman
Known forGrüneisen parameter
Bloch–Grüneisen temperature
Mie–Grüneisen equation of state
Scientific career
ThesisUeber die bestimmung des wärmeleitvermögens der metalle und über das verhältnis desselben zur elektrischen leitfähigkeit bei kupfer, eisen und einer nickelkupferlegierung (1900)
Doctoral advisorMax Planck, Emil Warburg

Early life and education

Eduard August Grüneisen was born on 26 May 1877 in Giebichenstein near Halle (Saale), as the fifth son of Eduard Grüneisen (1841–1916), a pastor, and Elisabeth Grüneisen (maiden name Dryander) (1846–1931).[1][2][3]

In 1900 he completed his Ph.D. at the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität as a student of Max Planck and Emil Warburg, titled (in German) Ueber die bestimmung des wärmeleitvermögens der metalle und über das verhältnis desselben zur elektrischen leitfähigkeit bei kupfer, eisen und einer nickelkupferlegierung.[4][2][3] In English, this translates to On the Determination of the Thermal Conductivity of Metals and its Relation to the Electrical Conductivity of Copper, Iron and a Nickel–Copper Alloy.

Scientific career

The Grüneisen parameter was named after him.

Grüneisen is the co-eponym of Mie–Grüneisen equation of state and the Bloch–Grüneisen temperature.

Since 1929 he was together with Max Planck editor of Annalen der Physik.[5]

In 1933 Grüneisen signed the Vow of allegiance of the Professors of the German Universities and High-Schools to Adolf Hitler and the National Socialistic State.

Grüneisen died in Marburg, West Germany.[3]

Personal life

Grüneisen had a daughter, according to the account of Henry H. Barschall's Reminiscences.[6]

References

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