Gustav Mie

Gustav Mie
Born
Gustav Adolf Feodor Wilhelm Ludwig Mie

(1868-09-29)29 September 1868
Died13 February 1957(1957-02-13) (aged 88)
Alma mater
Known for
AwardsAckermann–Teubner Memorial Award (1920)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
Institutions
ThesisZum Fundamentalsatz über die Existenz von Integralen partieller Differentialgleichungen (1892)
Doctoral advisorLeo Königsberger

Gustav Adolf Feodor Wilhelm Ludwig Mie (German: [ˈɡʊs.taːf ˈmiːə]; 29 September 1868 – 13 February 1957) was a German physicist. His work included Mie scattering, the Mie potential, the Mie–Grüneisen equation of state and an early effort at classical unified field theories.