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Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1 July 1742 – 24 February 1799) was a German physicist, satirist, and Anglophile. As a scientist, he was the first to hold a professorship explicitly dedicated to experimental physics in Germany.
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (born July 1, 1742, Ober-Ramstadt, near Darmstadt, Hesse [Germany]—died Feb. 24, 1799, Göttingen, Hanover) was a German physicist, satirist, and writer of aphorisms, best known for his ridicule of metaphysical and romantic excesses.
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May 17, 2018 · Lichtenberg, Georg Christoph. ( b. Oberramstadt, near Darmstadt, Germany, 1 July 1742; d. Göttingen, Germany, 24 February 1799) physics. Lichtenberg was the seventeenth child— the fifth to survive— of a Protestant pastor.
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, the German satirist, scientist, and philosopher, studied mathematics and science at the University of G ö ttingen and was a professor there from 1767 to the end of his life. On two occasions Lichtenberg visited England.
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1 July 1742 – 24 February 1799) was a German physicist, satirist, and Anglophile. As a scientist, he was the first to hold a professorship explicitly dedicated to experimental physics in Germany.
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Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742 - 1799) Georg Christoph Lichtenberg achieved world fame as a writer through his aphorisms and satirical writings, and at the same time he is considered as the founder of experimental physics in Germany.
Jul 1, 2019 · As a scientist, Georg Christoph Lichtenberg was the first to hold a professorship explicitly dedicated to experimental physics in Germany. Many of his aphorisms and reflections also include keen observations on human nature, comparable to the 17th-century French moralists.