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    Karl Schwarzschild (German: [kaːl ˈʃvaːtsʃɪlt] ; 9 October 1873 – 11 May 1916) was a German physicist and astronomer. Schwarzschild provided the first...
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  • Earth and the Sun. It was found by Karl Schwarzschild in 1916. According to Birkhoff's theorem, the Schwarzschild metric is the most general spherically...
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  • German astronomer Karl Schwarzschild, who calculated this exact solution for the theory of general relativity in 1916. The Schwarzschild radius is given...
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  • dictionary. Schwarzschild ([ˈʃvaʁtsʃɪlt]) is a German surname meaning "black sign" or "black shield". Those bearing the name include: Karl Schwarzschild (1873–1916)...
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    The Karl Schwarzschild Observatory (German: Karl-Schwarzschild-Observatorium) is a German astronomical observatory in Tautenburg near Jena, Thuringia....
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  • distinguished German Jewish academic family. His father was the physicist Karl Schwarzschild and his uncle the astrophysicist Robert Emden. His sister, Agathe...
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  • was discovered by Karl Schwarzschild in 1916, who earlier had found the exterior Schwarzschild metric. The interior Schwarzschild metric is framed in...
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  • The Karl Schwarzschild Medal, named after the astrophysicist Karl Schwarzschild, is an award presented by the Astronomische Gesellschaft (German Astronomical...
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    Wiveleslie Abney in 1893, and extensively studied by Karl Schwarzschild in 1899. Schwarzschild's model was found wanting by Abney and by Englisch, and...
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    after German physicist and astronomer Karl Schwarzschild (1873–1916). The somewhat irregular outer rim of Schwarzschild has been overlain by many smaller...
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