Christian Wiener

Christian Wiener
Born (1826-12-07)December 7, 1826
Darmstadt, Germany
Died July 31, 1896(1896-07-31) (aged 69)
Karlsruhe, Germany
Nationality  German
Fields Mathematics
Institutions Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Alma mater University of Giessen
Known for Brownian motion

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.

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