Emil Wiechert

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:physicist
gptkbp:academicAdvisor gptkb:Hermann_von_Helmholtz
gptkbp:affiliatedWith gptkb:Göttingen_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:University_of_Göttingen
gptkbp:awards Honorary_Doctorate_from_the_University_of_Göttingen
gptkbp:born January 24, 1861
gptkbp:collaboratedWith gptkb:Karl_Friedrich_Gauss
gptkbp:contributedTo earthquake prediction
earthquake engineering
geophysical modeling
seismic instrumentation
gptkbp:contribution development of the theory of elastic waves
gptkbp:developedBy seismic models
gptkbp:died December 2, 1928
gptkbp:field geophysics
gptkbp:fieldOfStudy earth_sciences
gptkbp:historicalResearch seismic wave theory
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Emil Wiechert
gptkbp:influence seismic exploration techniques
gptkbp:influenced seismologists
geophysical exploration
geophysical instrumentation
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Hermann_von_Helmholtz
gptkb:Wilhelm_Conrad_Röntgen
August Kundt
gptkbp:influenceOn geophysical research
gptkbp:inventor gptkb:Wiechert_pendulum
gptkbp:involved gptkb:German_Geophysical_Society
gptkbp:involvedIn geophysical education
gptkbp:knownFor Wiechert_seismic_wave_equation
gptkbp:legacy founder of modern geophysics
geophysical_sciences
gptkbp:nationality German
gptkbp:notableEvent development of seismic instruments
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Walter_H._Munk
modern seismology
seismic wave propagation
Die Erdbeben und ihre Ursachen
gptkbp:notableWork seismic wave theory
gptkbp:placeOfBirth Görlitz,_Germany
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:Göttingen,_Germany
gptkbp:publishedIn Annalen der Physik
gptkbp:publishes Die Erdbeben und ihre Ursachen
gptkbp:recognizedBy scientific societies
advancements in seismology
gptkbp:researchAreas seismic waves
solid_Earth_geophysics
gptkbp:researchContribution seismic hazard assessment
understanding of seismic activity
gptkbp:researchField geophysics
earth_sciences
gptkbp:researchFocus seismology
gptkbp:researchInterest experimental physics
gptkbp:scientificName European_geophysicists
gptkbp:taught gptkb:University_of_Berlin