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Also Known As Wilhelm Carl Werner Otto Fritz Franz Wien
Born January 13, 1864 • Prussia
Died August 30, 1928 (aged 64) • Munich • Germany
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize
Subjects Of Study Wien’s law • blackbody

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