Johann Bauschinger (11 June 1834, in
Nuremberg
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– 25 November 1893, in
Munich
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) was a
mathematician
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, builder, and
professor
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of
Engineering Mechanics at
Munich Polytechnic, from 1868 until his death. The
Bauschinger effect in
materials science
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The intellectual origins of materials sci ...
is named after him. He was also the father of astronomer
Julius Bauschinger (1860–1934).
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1834 births
1893 deaths
Scientists from Nuremberg
19th-century German mathematicians
Academic staff of the Technical University of Munich
Mathematicians from the Kingdom of Bavaria
Mathematicians from the German Empire
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