Heinrich Hertz
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Heinrich Rudolf Hertz (22 February 1857 – 1 January 1894) was a German physicist who first conclusively proved the existence of the electromagnetic waves predicted by James Clerk Maxwell's equations of electromagnetism. The unit of frequency, cycle per second, was named the "hertz" in his honor.
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- Lists and histories
- Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications, Heinrich Hertz Institute
- History of radio
- Invention of radio
- List of people on stamps of Germany
- List of physicists
- Outline of physics
- Timeline of mechanics and physics
- Electromagnetism timeline
- Wireless telegraphy
- Electromagnetic radiation
- Other
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