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Walter Maurice Elsasser (* 20. März 1904 in Mannheim; † 14. Oktober 1991 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA) war ein deutsch-amerikanischer Physiker. Elsasser studierte in Heidelberg (Philipp Lenard), München (Werner Heisenberg) und Göttingen (James Franck und Max Born, bei dem er 1927 auch mit einer Arbeit über die Elektronenstreuung an einem ...
Walter Maurice Elsasser (March 20, 1904 – October 14, 1991) was a German -born American physicist, a developer of the presently accepted dynamo theory as an explanation of the Earth 's magnetism. He proposed that this magnetic field resulted from electric currents induced in the fluid outer core of the Earth.
Walter M. Elsasser (born March 20, 1904, Mannheim, Ger.—died Oct. 14, 1991, Baltimore, Md., U.S.) was a German-born American physicist notable for a variety of contributions to science.
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13. Mai 2024 · Walter Maurice Elsasser (* 20. März 1904 in Mannheim; † 14. Oktober 1991 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA) war ein deutsch-amerikanischer Physiker.
Walter Maurice Elsasser (* 20. März 1904 in Mannheim; † 14. Oktober 1991 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA) war ein deutsch-amerikanischer Physiker.
Elsasser, Walter M. (1904–1991) About 2000 years ago in China it was discovered that a lump of magnetic iron oxide (magnetite), or lodestone, takes up a preferred orientation when freely suspended. Ultimately this discovery led to the magnetic compass for navigation and surveying.
Chances are small that anyone will ever again make such fundamental discoveries in physics, meteorology, and geo physics as Walter Elsasser, who died essentially of old age on October 14, 1991, in Baltimore, where he was Home wood Professor at Johns Hopkins University.
