Where was Hermann Minkowski born?
Berlin, Germany
Königsberg, Prussia
Zurich, Switzerland
Paris, France
Answer
Hermann Minkowski was born in Königsberg, Prussia, on June 22, 1864. Königsberg was a city in East Prussia, which is now part of Russia. Minkowski was a mathematician and physicist who made important contributions to Theory of relativity. He developed the notion of four-dimensional spacetime, which is the foundation of special relativity.
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