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He later proposed a four-dimensional 'space-time continuum' (now called Minkowski space) to explain aspects of electrodynamics, a framework which has since been applied to a broad range of mathematical work in relativity. His students included Constantin Carath閛dory and <a href="/people/302/000022236/">Albert Einstein</a>, and he was a friend and frequent collaborator with mathematician <a href="/people/735/000087474/">David Hilbert</a>. His brother, physician and researcher <a href="/people/867/000171354/">Oskar Minkowski</a>, made the first major breakthrough toward determining the cause of diabetes, and his nephew, astrophysicist <a href="/people/872/000171359/">Rudolph Minkowski</a>, observed galaxies in collision.<p><b>Father:</b> Lewin Minkowski (businessman)<br><b>Mother:</b> Rachel Taubmann Minkowski<br><b>Brother:</b> <a href="/people/867/000171354/">Oskar Minkowski</a> (physician)<br><b>Brother:</b> Max Minkowski (grain wholesaler)<br><b>Wife:</b> Auguste Adler Minkowski (m. 1897, two daughters)<br><b>Daughter:</b> Lily (b. 1898)<br><b>Daughter:</b> Ruth (b. 1902)<br><p> High School: Königsberg Gymnasium, Königsberg, Germany<br> University: <a href="/edu/634/000079397/">University of Berlin (attended)</a><br> University: <a href="/edu/635/000079398/">PhD Mathematics, University of Königsberg (1885)</a><br> Teacher: <a href="/edu/732/000068528/">Mathematics, University of Bonn (1887-94)</a><br> Teacher: <a href="/edu/635/000079398/">Mathematics, University of Königsberg (1894-96)</a><br> Professor: <a href="/edu/371/000220708/">Mathematics, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (1896-1902)</a><br> Professor: <a href="/edu/634/000071421/">Mathematics, University of Göttingen (1902-09)</a><br><p> <a href="/lists/660/000096372/">Lunar Crater</a> Minkowski (named for Minkowski and his nephew, <a href="/people/872/000171359/">Rudolph Minkowski</a>)<br> <a href="/lists/919/000095634/">Asteroid Namesake</a> 12493 Minkowski<br> <a href="/lists/644/000044512/">German Ancestry</a> <br> <a href="/lists/481/000045346/">Jewish Ancestry</a> <br> <p> <b>Author of books:</b><br> <i>Raum und Zeit (Space and Time)</i> (<tt>1907</tt>)<br><i>Zwei Abhand lungen 黚er die Grundgleichungen der Elektrodynamik (Two Treatises on the Fundamental Equations of Electrodynamics)</i> (<tt>1909</tt>)<br><i>Geometrie der Zahlen (Geometry of Numbers)</i> (<tt>1910</tt>)<br><p> <br> <p> <table> <tr> <td align=right valign=middle style="padding-right: 5px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 22px; font-style: italic; color: #ff3333;">New!</span><br> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a></td> <td valign=middle align=right style="border-left: 1px solid #bbb; padding-left: 5px;">Create a map starting with</td> <td valign=middle align=right><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=171349"><img src="/man.gif" border=0 style="padding: 2px;"></a></td> <td align=left valign=middle> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=171349">Hermann Minkowski</a></td> </tr> </table> <font face="Trebuchet MS, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="-2">Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</font> <br><br><p> <font size=-1>Do you know something we don't?</font><br> <font size=-1><a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=171349" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a></font><br> <p> <br><br><p><font size=-1>Copyright ©2019 Soylent Communications</font><p> </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"></td></tr> </table> </center> </body> </html>