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# Wilhelm Wien

(1864–1928)   Physicist

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Wilhelm Wien was a physicist, best known for *Mechanik*.

## Quick Facts About Wilhelm Wien

Born January 13, 1864

Died August 30, 1928

Profession Physicist

Notable works Mechanik

## About Wilhelm Wien

Wilhelm Carl Werner Otto Fritz Franz Wien was a German physicist who used theories about heat and electromagnetism to deduce Wien's displacement law, which calculates the emission of a blackbody at any temperature from the emission at any one reference temperature.

##  Quotes by Wilhelm Wien

> [According to the kinetic theory of gases, the mean kinetic energy of a molecule is a measure of absolute temperature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-wien/according-to-the-kinetic-theory-of-gases-the-mean-kinetic-energy-of-a/)

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> [If, as is the custom, I speak mainly about my own researches, I must say that I was fortunate in finding that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-wien/if-as-is-the-custom-i-speak-mainly-about-my-own-researches-i-must-say/)

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> [Since we can produce all types of light by means of hot bodies, we can ascribe, to the radiation in thermal equilibrium…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-wien/since-we-can-produce-all-types-of-light-by-means-of-hot-bodies-we-can/)

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> [As soon as we step beyond the established boundaries of pure thermodynamic theory, we enter a trackless region confronting us with obstacles…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-wien/as-soon-as-we-step-beyond-the-established-boundaries-of-pure/)

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