Johann Tobias Mayer

Physicist, Deceased Person

1752 – 1830

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Who was Johann Tobias Mayer?

Johann Tobias Mayer was a German physicist. He was mainly well known for his mathematics and natural science textbooks. Anfangsgründe der Naturlehre zum Behuf der Vorlesungen über die Experimental-Physik, an 1801 physics text, was the most influential of its time in the German-speaking countries. Mayer's research in experimental physics and astronomy appeared in Annalen der Physik. He is not to be confused with his famous father, the astronomer Tobias Mayer.

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Born
May 5, 1752
Marbach am Neckar
Nationality
  • Germany
Profession
Died
Nov 30, 1830
Göttingen

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on July 23, 2013

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