Gustav Kirchhoff

Gustav Robert Kirchhoff (German: [ˈgʊstaːf ˈʁoːbɛʁt ˈkɪʁçhɔf]; 12 March 1824 – 17 October 1887) was a German physicist and mathematician who contributed to the fundamental understanding of electrical circuits, spectroscopy, and the emission of black-body radiation by heated objects. He coined the term black body in 1860.

Several different sets of concepts are named "Kirchhoff's laws" after him, which include Kirchhoff's circuit laws, Kirchhoff's law of thermal radiation, Kirchhoff's diffraction formula, and Kirchhoff's law of thermochemistry.

The Bunsen–Kirchhoff Award for spectroscopy is named after Kirchhoff and his colleague, Robert Bunsen.

Notable works: Kirchhoff's circuit laws, Kirchhoff's law of thermal radiation, Kirchhoff's theorem Awards: Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order, Cothenius Medal, Rumford Medal, Matteucci Medal, Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art, Janssen Medal, Davy Medal, Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Foreign Member of the Royal Society, honorary member of the Physics Association (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) Education: University of Königsberg, Kneiphof Gymnasium

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