On this day in 1873 - October 9th - German physicist and astronomer Karl Schwarzschild. was born.

Although his best known research relates to general relativity, Schwarzschild worked on a wide range of subjects including celestial mechanics quantum mechanics, spectroscopy and instrumental astronomy.



Mona Evans
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