| Christian Wiener | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1826-12-07)7 December 1826 Darmstadt, Germany |
| Died | 31 July 1896(1896-07-31) (aged 69) Karlsruhe, Germany |
| Nationality | German |
| Alma mater | University of Giessen |
| Known for | Brownian motion |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Karlsruhe Institute of Technology |
Ludwig Christian Wiener (7 December 1826 Darmstadt – 31 July 1896 Karlsruhe) was a German mathematician who specialized in descriptive geometry. Wiener was also a physicist and philosopher. In 1863, he was the first person to identify qualitatively the internal molecular cause of Brownian motion.
Wiener was the son of a judge and studied architecture and engineering in Giessen. After the state examination in 1848, he became a teacher at the "Höhere Gewerbeschule" in Darmstadt, today the Technische Universität Darmstadt.
The mathematician Hermann Wiener was his son.
Selected publications
- Lehrbuch der darstellenden Geometrie, 2 Bände, Teubner, Leipzig 1884, 1887, online at archiv.org: ,
- Die ersten Sätze der Erkenntniß, insbesondere das Gesetz der Ursächlichkeit und die Wirklichkeit der Außenwelt, Berlin, Lüderitz 1874
- Die Freiheit des Willens, Darmstadt, Brill 1894
- Die Grundzüge der Weltordnung, Leipzig, Winter 1863,
- Über Vielecke und Vielflache, Teubner 1864
References
- Biographie, Deutsche. "Wiener, Christian - Deutsche Biographie". www.deutsche-biographie.de (in German). Retrieved 2019-09-16.
- Thompson, D W., 1992. On Growth and Form. Cambridge Univ. Press. Abridged edition by John Tyler Bonner, p. 45. ISBN 0-521-43776-8, ISBN 978-0-521-43776-9.Online in Google Books
- O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Christian Wiener", MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, University of St Andrews
- Otto Wiener, "Christian Wiener zum 100. Geburtstag", Naturwissenschaften Bd.15, 1927, Issue 4.