Eduard Riecke (1 December 1845 – 11 June 1915) was a German
experimental physicist
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.
Riecke studied physics at the Polytechnic in Stuttgart, at the
University of Tübingen
The University of Tübingen, officially the Eberhard Karl University of Tübingen (; ), is a public research university located in the city of Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
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and at the
University of Göttingen
The University of Göttingen, officially the Georg August University of Göttingen (, commonly referred to as Georgia Augusta), is a Public university, public research university in the city of Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany. Founded in 1734 ...
under Wilhelm Eduard Weber, Wilhelm Weber and Friedrich Kohlrausch (physicist), Friedrich Kohlrausch, where he received his doctorate in 1871 and qualified as a professor shortly thereafter. In 1873 he became associate professor and in 1881 full professor, which he remained until his death.
He conducted experiments on electrical conduction in metals for which he further developed a model of management by electrons began by Paul Drude. With the model, among other things, the decrease in conductivity could be explained with increase in temperature. Later he worked among others with electricity conduction in gases.
The Bavarian Academy of Sciences appointed him in 1909 as a corresponding member. His students include Johannes Stark.
See also
*Transmission electron microscopy
Works
* Physics textbook, 2 vols, Leipzig 1908
References
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External links
"Riecke, (Carl Viktor) Eduard" Rudolf Vierhaus, German biographic encyclopedia;
1845 births
1915 deaths
19th-century German physicists
20th-century German physicists
Academic staff of the University of Göttingen
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