• 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