Heinrich Rubens
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Heinrich Rubens was a German experimental physicist known for his measurements of the energy of black-body radiation, which led Max Planck to the discovery of his radiation law. This was the genesis o
The grave of Heinrich and Marie Rubens in Berlin.
Participants at the first Solvay conference 1911. Rubens is the third person from left standing in the back.
Solvay Conference
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The Solvay Conferences have been devoted to preeminent unsolved problems in both physics and chemistry. They began with the historic invitation-only 1911 Solvay Conference on Physics, considered a tur
Heinrich Rubens
…Prussian Academy of Sciences and became in 1908 a corresponding member Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. He participated at the two first Solvay conferences after having received the Rumford Medal in 1910 "on the ground of his researches on radiation, especially of long wave length.". Heinrich Rubens died…
Second Conference, 1913
Third Conference, 1921