From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Max Wien
Max Wien
Max Wien (German pronunciation: [ˈviːn]; 1866 – 1938) was
a German physicist and the director of the Institute of
See also
Physics at the University of Jena. He was born in Königs- • Wien effect
berg, Prussia.
Wien studied under Helmholtz and Kundt.[1] He in-
vented the "Löschfunkensender" (generator of slightly
References
weakened electromagnetic oscillations, used for exam- [1] Karl Willy Wagner, "Max Wien zum 70.
ple, on the RMS Titanic) during the years 1906 to 1909 Geburtstag", Naturwissenschaften, Volume 25,
and the Wien bridge in 1891. Many articles incorrectly Number 5, 65-67, DOI: 10.1007/BF01493271 (link to
attribute to Wien the invention of an oscillator bearing pdf) (in German).
his name, but at the time of the invention of his bridge Persondata
circuit, electronic amplifiers (a prerequisite to making Name Wien, Max
electronic oscillators) did not exist. William Hewlett, co-
Alternative names Wiener, Max
founder of Hewlett-Packard, was the first to use a Wien
bridge as a feedback network around a vacuum tube am- Short description German physicist
plifier to create an oscillator in 1939. Date of birth 1866
Erwin Schrödinger in his autobiography "Mein Place of birth
Leben, Meine Weltansicht" described Wien as "moder-
ately anti-semitic". Date of death 1938
He died in Jena, Germany. Place of death
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