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Theodor Kaluza

1885 - 1954

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Theodor Franz Eduard Kaluza (German: [kaˈluːt͡sa]; 9 November 1885 – 19 January 1954) was a German mathematician and physicist known for the Kaluza–Klein theory, involving field equations in five-dimensional space-time. His idea that fundamental forces can be unified by introducing additional dimensions was reused much later for string theory. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Theodor Kaluza is the 511th most popular mathematician (down from 317th in 2019), the 665th most popular biography from Poland (down from 442nd in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Polish Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Theodor Kaluza ranks 511 out of 1,004. Before him are Al-Ḥajjāj ibn Yūsuf ibn Maṭar, John Vitéz, Thomas Bradwardine, Henryk Zygalski, Emil Leon Post, and Georgy Voronoy. After him are Ion Ghica, Richard Hamming, Thomas Joannes Stieltjes, Hilda Geiringer, Hypsicles, and Pierre François Verhulst.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Theodor Kaluza ranks 116. Before him are John Tovey, 1st Baron Tovey, Henri Laurens, Francisco Bru, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Tadeusz Kutrzeba, and Muslim Magomayev. After him are Charles Dullin, Wallace Beery, Francisco Olazar, Frederick Holman, Elihan Tore, and Emil Väre. Among people deceased in 1954, Theodor Kaluza ranks 78. Before him are Samuel Jones, Lucien Tesnière, Saburō Kurusu, Yehuda Ashlag, Rudolf Beran, and Emil Leon Post. After him are Joachim Lemelsen, Clara Westhoff, Jacob Tullin Thams, M. N. Roy, Édouard Le Roy, and Omer Nishani.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Theodor Kaluza ranks 665 out of 1,694. Before him are Salomon Morel (1919), Janusz Kusociński (1907), Peter Yorck von Wartenburg (1904), Martin Rathke (1793), Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin (1922), and Józef Glemp (1929). After him are Tadeusz Ajdukiewicz (1852), Hermann Boehm (1884), Marcin Bielski (1495), George I, Duke of Pomerania (1493), Eugen Goldstein (1860), and Bronisława Wajs (1908).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Poland

Among mathematicians born in Poland, Theodor Kaluza ranks 23. Before him are Richard Courant (1888), Klaus Roth (1925), Michael O. Rabin (1931), Lazarus Fuchs (1833), Abraham Robinson (1918), and Emil Leon Post (1897). After him are Samuel Eilenberg (1913), Arthur Moritz Schoenflies (1853), Karol Borsuk (1905), Alfred Pringsheim (1850), Heinz Hopf (1894), and Jan Śniadecki (1756).

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