Eduard Grüneisen

Eduard Grüneisen (26 May 1877 – 5 April 1949) was a German physicist[1] and the co-eponym of Mie–Grüneisen equation of state.

Eduard Grüneisen
Born26 May 1877
Giebichenstein, German Empire
Died5 April 1949 (1949-04-06) (aged 71)
Marburg, Germany
NationalityGerman
Known forGrüneisen parameter
Bloch–Grüneisen temperature
Mie–Grüneisen equation of state

Grüneisen was born in Giebichenstein, near Halle (Saale).[1]

The Grüneisen parameter was named after him.

Since 1929 he was together with Max Planck editor of Annalen der Physik.[2]

In 1933 Grüneisen signed the Vow of allegiance of the Professors of the German Universities and High-Schools to Adolf Hitler and the National Socialistic State.

Grüneisen died in Marburg, West Germany.[1]

References
  1. "Deutsche Biographie: Grüneisen, Eduard".
  2. "Annalen der Physik - History".
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