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Gustav MeeGerman physicist.
Date of Birth: 29.09.1869
Country:  Germany |
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Biography of Gustav (Adolf) Mie
Gustav Mie, a German physicist, was born in 1869 in the large German city of Rostock, Germany. He studied mathematics and physics at the University of Rostock, later adding chemistry, zoology, geology, mineralogy, and astronomy to his studies. Mie continued his education at the University of Heidelberg, where he obtained a doctoral degree in mathematics at the age of 22. In 1897, Mie earned a doctorate in theoretical physics from the University of Göttingen, and in 1902, he began teaching physics at the University of Greifswald.
In 1917, Mie started working at the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg and became a professor at the University of Freiburg in 1924, where he remained until 1935. During the fascist regime, Mie actively participated in the university opposition group called 'Freiburger Kreise'.
Contributions to Science
Gustav Mie's scientific interests included the scattering of electromagnetic waves on homogeneous dielectric spheres. He is primarily associated with the phenomenon known as 'Mie scattering'. In 1908, he published his major work, 'Beiträge zur Optik trüber Medien, speziell kolloidaler Metallösungen'.
Mie is remembered for his valuable contributions to the development of electrodynamics and the theory of relativity. He was one of the first authors of an electromagnetic theory of matter. In 1910, Mie developed his own system of units, known as the Mie system, based on the fundamental units of Volt, Ampere, Coulomb, and second. Although Mie's non-linear electromagnetic theory is rarely mentioned today for various reasons, it was a significant achievement in physics at the time and had a substantial impact on the further development of field theory.
Legacy
Gustav Mie passed away on February 13, 1957, in Freiburg. In his honor, one of the buildings at the University of Freiburg bears his name, and a crater on Mars is also named after him.
