Julius Plücker

Julius Plücker was a German mathematician and physicist. He made fundamental contributions to the field of analytical geometry and was a pioneer in the investigations of cathode rays that led eventually to the discovery of the electron. He also vastly extended the study of Lamé curves.

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Who was born first?

• Julius Plücker and Joseph Ludwig Raabe were born the same year
• Julius Plücker and George Biddell Airy were born the same year
• Julius Plücker and Antoine Augustin Cournot were born the same year
• Julius Plücker and Mikhail Ostrogradsky were born the same year
• Julius Plücker and Joseph Plateau were born the same year

Timeline

1. Antoine Augustin CournotAugust 28, 1801 – March 31, 1877
2. George Biddell AiryJuly 27, 1801 – January 2, 1892
3. Joseph Ludwig RaabeMay 15, 1801 – January 12, 1859
4. Joseph PlateauOctober 14, 1801 – September 15, 1883
5. Julius Plücker (this page)July 16, 1801 – May 22, 1868
6. Mikhail OstrogradskySeptember 12, 1801 – December 20, 1861

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• Marie CurieNovember 7, 1867 – July 4, 1934
• Louis PasteurDecember 27, 1822 – September 28, 1895
• Carl Friedrich GaussApril 30, 1777 – February 23, 1855
• Dmitri MendeleevJanuary 27, 1834 – January 20, 1907
• Ernest RutherfordAugust 30, 1871 – October 19, 1937
• Erwin SchrödingerAugust 12, 1887 – January 4, 1961
• Wilhelm RöntgenMarch 27, 1845 – February 10, 1923
• Carl SaganNovember 9, 1934 – December 20, 1996