Christian Doppler Biography

Christian Doppler biography

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NAME: Christian Doppler
OCCUPATION: Educator, Mathematician, Physicist
BIRTH DATE: November 29, 1803
DEATH DATE: March 17, 1853
EDUCATION: Polytechnical Institute
PLACE OF BIRTH: Salzburg, Austria
PLACE OF DEATH: Venice, Italy
Full Name: Christian Andreas Doppler
AKA: Christian Johann Doppler
AKA: Christian Doppler
AKA: Johann Christian Doppler

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Austrian physicist Christian Doppler first described the Doppler effect, in reference to the observed frequency of light and sound waves, in the paper "Concerning the Coloured Light of Double Stars."

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Christian Andreas Doppler was born on November 29, 1803, in Salzburg, Austria. In 1842, Doppler published the paper "Concerning the Coloured Light of Double Stars," which contained his first statement describing the Doppler effect. He theorized that since the pitch of sound from a moving source varies for a stationary observer, the color of the light from a star should alter, according to the star's velocity relative to Earth. Christian Doppler died on March 17, 1853, in Venice, Italy.