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Karl Schwarzschild

1873 - 1916

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Karl Schwarzschild (German: [kaʁl ˈʃvaʁtsʃɪlt] ; 9 October 1873 – 11 May 1916) was a German physicist and astronomer. Schwarzschild provided the first exact solution to the Einstein field equations of general relativity, for the limited case of a single spherical non-rotating mass, which he accomplished in 1915, the same year that Einstein first introduced general relativity. The Schwarzschild solution, which makes use of Schwarzschild coordinates and the Schwarzschild metric, leads to a derivation of the Schwarzschild radius, which is the size of the event horizon of a non-rotating black hole. Schwarzschild accomplished this while serving in the German army during World War I. He died the following year, possibly from the autoimmune disease pemphigus, which he developed while at the Russian front. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Karl Schwarzschild is the 205th most popular physicist (down from 149th in 2019), the 589th most popular biography from Germany (down from 504th in 2019) and the 34th most popular German Physicist.

Karl Schwarzschild is most famous for his solution to the Schwarzschild metric, which is a solution to Einstein's equations of general relativity. This solution describes the gravitational field outside a spherical mass.

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Among physicists, Karl Schwarzschild ranks 205 out of 851. Before him are Max Delbrück, David Brewster, Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov, Kip Thorne, Hugh Everett III, and Klaus von Klitzing. After him are Maurice Wilkins, Murray Gell-Mann, Theodor W. Hänsch, Edward Mills Purcell, James Cronin, and Francesco Maria Grimaldi.

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Among people born in 1873, Karl Schwarzschild ranks 17. Before him are Hans von Euler-Chelpin, Alexis Carrel, Henri Barbusse, Otto Loewi, Luigi Lucheni, and Alfred Jarry. After him are Spyridon Louis, Antonie Pannekoek, Alberto Santos-Dumont, Julius Martov, Max Reger, and Alexander Bogdanov. Among people deceased in 1916, Karl Schwarzschild ranks 26. Before him are Umberto Boccioni, Natsume Sōseki, Hiram Maxim, Ivan Franko, Helmuth von Moltke the Younger, and Charles de Foucauld. After him are Enrique Granados, Eduard Strauss, Émile Verhaeren, Max Reger, Vilhelm Hammershøi, and Elisabeth of Wied.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Karl Schwarzschild ranks 589 out of 7,253. Before him are Sophia Charlotte of Hanover (1668), Caroline Augusta of Bavaria (1792), Jakob Fugger (1459), Sophia Dorothea of Hanover (1687), August Bebel (1840), and Johann Reuchlin (1455). After him are Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria (1727), Robert the Strong (900), Karl Theodor, Duke in Bavaria (1839), Matthias Jakob Schleiden (1804), Lion Feuchtwanger (1884), and Bert Hellinger (1925).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Germany

Among physicists born in Germany, Karl Schwarzschild ranks 34. Before him are Julius von Mayer (1814), Herbert Kroemer (1928), Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742), Hans Geiger (1882), Horst Ludwig Störmer (1949), and Max Delbrück (1906). After him are Theodor W. Hänsch (1941), Wolfgang Paul (1913), Klaus Fuchs (1911), Jack Steinberger (1921), Carl von Linde (1842), and Klaus Hasselmann (1931).

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