August Föppl
| August Föppl | |
|---|---|
 August Föppl | |
| Born |
25 January 1854 Groß-Umstadt, Hesse |
| Died |
12 October 1924 (aged 70) Ammerland |
| Nationality | German |
| Doctoral advisor | Gustav Heinrich Wiedemann |
| Doctoral students |
Hermann Föttinger Ludwig Prandtl |
August Otto Föppl (25 January 1854 – 12 August 1924)[1] was a professor of Technical Mechanics and Graphical Statics at the Technical University of Munich, Germany. He is credited with introducing the Föppl–Klammer theory and the Föppl–von Kármán equations (large deflection of elastic plates).
His doctoral advisor was Gustav Heinrich Wiedemann and one of Föppl's first doctoral students was Ludwig Prandtl, his future son-in-law.
In 1894, Föppl wrote a widely read introductory book on Maxwell's theory of electricity, titled "Theorie der Elektriztät". Gerald Holton argues, that some arguments of Föppl concerning electromagnetic induction, had some influence on Albert Einstein's first paper on special relativity.[2]
References
- ↑ Bromberg, Joan (1970–80). "Föppl, August". Dictionary of Scientific Biography. 5. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. pp. 63–64. ISBN 978-0-684-10114-9.
- ↑ Holton, Gerald (1988) [1973], Thematic Origins of Scientific Thought: Kepler to Einstein (revised ed.), Harvard University Press, ISBN 0-674-87748-9
External links
- August Föppl at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- Literature by and about August Föppl in the German National Library catalogue
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