DocumentCode
3006415
Title
Thomas Johann Seebeck and his contribution to the modern science and technology
Author
Velmre, E.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electron., TUT, Tallinn, Estonia
fYear
2010
fDate
4-6 Oct. 2010
Firstpage
17
Lastpage
24
Abstract
Thomas Johann Seebeck, Estonian-German physicist, chemist and physician was born in 1770 in Reval, now Tallinn, Estonia. Educated in Tallinn, Berlin and Göttingen, he lived and worked in Jena, Bayreuth, Nuremberg, and Berlin, where he died in 1831. In this article, his life and his main scientific achievements are briefly overviewed.
Keywords
Seebeck effect; technology; Thomas Johann Seebeck; chemist; modern science; modern technology; physician; physicist; Bismuth; Copper; Generators; Heating; Magnetic tunneling; Thermoelectricity;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Electronics Conference (BEC), 2010 12th Biennial Baltic
Conference_Location
Tallinn
ISSN
1736-3705
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-7356-4
Electronic_ISBN
1736-3705
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/BEC.2010.5631216
Filename
5631216
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