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Robert Emden

1862 - 1940

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Jacob Robert Emden (4 March 1862 – 8 October 1940) was a Swiss astrophysicist and meteorologist. He is best known for his book, Gaskugeln: Anwendungen der mechanischen Wärmetheorie auf kosmologische und meteorologische probleme (Gas spheres: Applications of the mechanical heat theory to cosmological and meteorological problems), published in 1907. It presents a mathematical model of the behaviour of polytropic gaseous stellar objects under the influence of their own gravity, known as the Lane–Emden equation. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Emden is the 428th most popular astronomer (up from 495th in 2019), the 453rd most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 575th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Swiss Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Robert Emden ranks 428 out of 644. Before him are Marcel Minnaert, Janet Akyüz Mattei, Jean Richer, Mary Adela Blagg, Christopher Hansteen, and Catherine Cesarsky. After him are George Henry Peters, Jane Luu, Henry L. Giclas, Herbert Hall Turner, Cuno Hoffmeister, and Adrien Auzout.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1862, Robert Emden ranks 115. Before him are Meliton Balanchivadze, Milenko Radomar Vesnić, Hugo Erdmann, Edward Granville Browne, Florence Bascom, and Ida B. Wells. After him are Tomitaro Makino, Mirza Alakbar Sabir, Wilhelm Weinberg, Anastasios Metaxas, Fernand Courty, and Stanisław Narutowicz. Among people deceased in 1940, Robert Emden ranks 133. Before him are Nikolai Vissarionovich Nekrasov, Jay O'Brien, Helmut Wick, Pierre Weiss, Pierre Marie, and Phoebus Levene. After him are Mary Anderson, Sam Eyde, Heinrich Kayser, Janne Lundblad, Juan Carreño, and David Hammond.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Robert Emden ranks 453 out of 1,015. Before him are Stephan Lichtsteiner (1984), Kaspar Villiger (1941), Alexander Frei (1979), Paolo Macchiarini (1958), Granit Xhaka (1992), and Romain Grosjean (1986). After him are Hans Huber (1852), René Fasel (1950), Eugène Parlier (1929), Mattia Binotto (1969), Murat Yakin (1974), and Stefano Franscini (1796).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Switzerland

Among astronomers born in Switzerland, Robert Emden ranks 7. Before him are Michel Mayor (1942), Jean Philippe Loys de Cheseaux (1718), Didier Queloz (1966), Paul Wild (1925), Rudolf Wolf (1816), and Johann III Bernoulli (1744). After him are Robert Julius Trumpler (1886), and Nicolas Fatio de Duillier (1664).

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