Winfried Otto Schumann | |
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Born | Tübingen, Germany | May 20, 1888
Died | September 22, 1974 Munich, Germany | (aged 86)
Nationality | German |
Alma mater | Karlsruhe Institute of Technology |
Known for | Schumann resonances |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | Brown, Boveri & Cie University of Stuttgart University of Jena Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Technical University of Munich |
Doctoral advisor | Engelbert Arnold |
Doctoral students | Fritz Borgnis |
Winfried Otto Schumann (May 20, 1888 – September 22, 1974) was a German physicist and electrical engineer who predicted the Schumann resonances, a series of low-frequency resonances caused by lightning discharges in the atmosphere.[1][2]