About Ludwig Biermann
Lived 1907 – 1986 (aged 78). Ludwig Biermann was a German astronomer, physicist and astrophysicist.
Ludwig Franz Benedikt Biermann (March 13, 1907 – January 12, 1986) was a German astronomer, obtaining his Ph.D. from Göttingen University in 1932.
He made important contributions to astrophysics and plasma physics, discovering the Biermann battery. He predicted the existence of the solar wind based on the study of cometary tails, which he dubbed "solar corpuscular radiation"; the theory was later developed by Eugene Parker.
He was a visiting scholar at the Institute for Advanced Study in the fall of 1961. He won the Bruce Medal in 1967 and the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1974.
Asteroid 73640 Biermann is named in his honor.
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Who was Ludwig Biermann?
German astronomer (1907-1986)
When was Ludwig Biermann born?
Ludwig Biermann was born on 13 March 1907 in Hamm.
When did Ludwig Biermann die?
Ludwig Biermann died on 12 January 1986 in Munich.
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Ludwig Biermann was an astronomer, physicist and astrophysicist.
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Ludwig Biermann was German.
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