Oskar Klein
Oskar Klein · Science & Medicine
Physicist; Klein-Gordon equation and Kaluza-Klein theory
1894, Danderyd, Sweden — 1977, Stockholm, Sweden
Sweden (Stockholm University) · Denmark (Copenhagen)
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Klein, son of Gottlieb Klein, the chief rabbi of Stockholm, was a Swedish theoretical physicist central to early quantum theory. He co-derived the relativistic Klein–Gordon equation, the Klein–Nishina formula for photon scattering, and the Kaluza–Klein idea of extra spatial dimensions that still inspires unification theories. His name marks several cornerstones of twentieth-century physics.
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Physicist; Klein-Gordon equation and Kaluza-Klein theory
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