Otto von guericke biography examples

17th-century German scientist, inventor, and politician

Otto von Guericke (GAIR-ik-ə,^[1]G(W)AIR-ik-ə, -⁠ee,^[2]German:[ˈɔtoːfɔnˈɡeːʁɪkə]^ⓘ; spelled Gericke until 1666;^[3] 30 November [O.S.

20 November] 1602 – 21 May [O.S.

Otto von guericke biography examples

11 May] 1686) was a German scientist, inventor, mathematician and physicist. His pioneering scientific work, the development of experimental methods and repeatable demonstrations on the physics of the vacuum, atmospheric pressure, electrostatic repulsion, his advocacy for the reality of "action at a distance" and of "absolute space" were noteworthy contributions for the advancement of the Scientific Revolution.^[4]

Von Guericke was a very pious man in the Dionysian tradition^{[clarification needed]} and attributed the vacuum of space to the creations and designs of an infinite divinity.

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