Gunnar Nordström
Gunnar Nordström (born March 12, 1881 in Helsinki ; † December 24, 1923 ibid) was a Finnish theoretical physicist who is known for his theory of gravity , which was an early competitor of general relativity .
Nordström received his doctorate in 1908 at the University of Helsinki and became a lecturer there. He later worked in Leiden for several years and in 1918 became a professor at the Helsinki University of Technology .
In 1914, Nordström published his theory, which contained an additional dimension of space and thus could describe gravitation and electromagnetism at the same time , the first theory with an additional dimension; such theories are now known as Kaluza Klein theories .
During his time in Leiden, Nordström solved the field equations for the spherically-symmetrically charged body and thus extended Hans Reissner's result for a point charge . The metric for non-rotating charge distributions is now known as the Reissner-Nordström metric .
Nordström died in December 1923 at the age of 42.
Web links
- Literature by and about Gunnar Nordström in the catalog of the German National Library
- Short biography (Isaksson, Eva)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nordstrom, Gunnar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Finnish theoretical physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 12, 1881 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Helsinki |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 24, 1923 |
| Place of death | Helsinki |