Gustav Mie

Gustav Mie
Gustav Adolf Feodor Wilhelm Ludwig Mie
Born(1868-09-29)29 September 1868
Died13 February 1957(1957-02-13) (aged 88)
NationalityGerman
Alma materUniversity of Rostock
University of Heidelberg
University of Göttingen
Known forMie potential
Mie scattering
Mie–Grüneisen equation of state
AwardsAckermann–Teubner Memorial Award (1920)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysicist
InstitutionsUniversity of Greifswald
University of Halle-Wittenberg
University of Freiburg
ThesisZum Fundamentalsatz über die Existenz von Integralen partieller Differentialgleichungen (1892)
Doctoral advisorLeo Königsberger

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