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Wien's cousin, Max, was well known for what?

  • Inventing the Wien bridge

  • Discovering a new element

  • Co-founding the Nobel Prize

  • Theorizing string theory

Answer

Max Wien was a physicist and engineer, who was best known for his invention of the Wien bridge, which is a type of electrical bridge circuit used to measure the absolute value of impedance. The Wien bridge was invented in 1923 and has been used in a variety of applications, including the measurement of the impedance of radio transmitters and receivers.
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