Georg Simon Ohm | |
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Born | |
Died | 6 July 1854 | (aged 65)
Nationality | German |
Alma mater | University of Erlangen |
Known for | Ohm's law Ohm's phase law Ohm's acoustic law |
Awards | Copley Medal (1841) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Physics (studies of electricity) |
Institutions | University of Munich |
Doctoral advisor | Karl Christian von Langsdorf |
Georg Simon Ohm (/oʊm/;[1] German: [ˈɡeːɔʁk ˈʔoːm];[2][3] 16 March 1789 – 6 July 1854) was a German physicist and mathematician. As a school teacher, Ohm began his research with the new electrochemical cell, invented by Italian scientist Alessandro Volta. Using equipment of his own creation, Ohm found that there is a direct proportionality between the potential difference (voltage) applied across a conductor and the resultant electric current. This relation is called Ohm's law, and the ohm, the unit of electrical resistance, is named after him.