Person: Minkowski, Hermann

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Minkowski developed a new view of space and time and laid the mathematical foundation of the theory of relativity. He developed Spacetime diagrams.

Mathematical Profile (Excerpt):

Born 22 June 1864, Alexotas, Russian Empire (now Lithuania). Died 12 January 1909, Göttingen, Germany.

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Astronomy, Origin Lithuania, Physics


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  1. O’Connor, John J; Robertson, Edmund F: MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive