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Hermann Minkowski

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Noun1.Hermann Minkowski - German mathematician (born in Russia) who suggested the concept of four-dimensional space-time (1864-1909)
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A century ago, Hermann Minkowski put Einstein's brand-new theory of relativity into mathematical perspective, in the process brokering the merger of space with time.
Anniversaries inspire timely ruminations by Siegfried, Tom / Science News
As mathematician Hermann Minkowski declared in an address to the 80th Assembly of German Natural Scientists and Physicians in 1908: Hence forth space by itself and time by its self are doomed to fade away into mere shadows, and only a kind union of the two will preserve an independent reality.
A general theory of psychological relativity and cognitive evolution by Bailey, Charles E. / ETC.: A Review of General Semantics
Mathematician Hermann Minkowski and physicist Roger Penrose developed the model.
Shadows of reality: The Fourth Dimension in Relativity, Cubism, and ... by Science News
 
 
 
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