On Feb 22, we celebrate the birthday of Heinrich Hertz, the first to successfully produce and detect radio waves
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Heinrich Rudolf Hertz (February 22, 1857 – January 1, 1894) was a German physicist who clarified and expanded the electromagnetic theory of light that had been put forth by Maxwell. He was the first to satisfactorily demonstrate the existence of electromagnetic waves by building an apparatus to produce and detect radio waves.
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Heinrich Rudolf Hertz (February 22, 1857 – January 1, 1894)
| Born | February 22, 1857 Hamburg, Germany |
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| Died | January 1, 1894(aged 36) Bonn, Germany |
| Residence | Germany |
| Nationality | German |
| Fields | Physics Electronic Engineering |
| Institutions | University of Kiel University of Karlsruhe University of Bonn |
| Alma mater | University of Munich University of Berlin |
| Doctoral advisor | Hermann von Helmholtz |
| Known for | Electromagnetic radiation Photoelectric effect |
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