Hermann Minkowski


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Noun1.Hermann Minkowski - German mathematician (born in Russia) who suggested the concept of four-dimensional space-time (1864-1909)
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A century ago, Hermann Minkowski put Einstein's brand-new theory of relativity into mathematical perspective, in the process brokering the merger of space with time.