Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus

Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus

German mathematician, physician, and philosopher (1651–1708)

Died aged 57AriesElectorate of Saxony

Biography

Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus or Tschirnhauß (German: [ˈeːʁənfʁiːt ˈvaltɐ fɔn ˈtʃɪʁnhaʊs]; 10 April 1651 – 11 October 1708) was a German mathematician, physicist, physician, and philosopher. He introduced the Tschirnhaus transformation and is considered by some to have been the inventor of European porcelain, an invention long accredited to Johann Friedrich Böttger, while others claim porcelain had been made by English manufacturers at an even earlier date.

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Career highlights

Notable works

  • Tschirnhaus transformation
  • Tschirnhaus' Quadratrix
  • Tschirnhausen cubic
  • n-ellipse
  • Medicina mentis

Family

Siblings
Georg Friedrich von Tschirnhaus

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