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Minkovskiai ir Lietuva
The Family of Minkowski and Lithuania

Author(s): Kazimieras Pyragas, Kęstutis Svirskas
Subject(s): History
Published by: Vytauto Didžiojo Universitetas
Keywords: Minkowski; Minkowskian Sum; special theory of relativity

Summary/Abstract: This is a article about the merits of the members of the glorious the Minkowski’s family, which is comes from Lithuania: Oskar Minkowski, one of the discoverers of insulin, Hermann Minkowski, a well-known mathematician and physicist, who who was one of the originators of the special theory of relativity, and Rudolf Leo Bernhard Minkowski, a well-known astrophysicist, director of the Mount Palomar observatory.

  • Issue Year: 62/2004
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 70-76
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Lithuanian