Oct. 9, 1873: The birth of Karl Schwarzschild

Karl Schwarzschild was born Oct. 9, 1873 – just one day after his famous collaborator Ejnar Hertzsprung – and grew up in a Jewish family in Germany. Schwarzschild was considered a child prodigy, publishing a paper on celestial mechanics by age 16. He studied astronomy at the University of Strasbourg, then went on to receiveContinue reading “Oct. 9, 1873: The birth of Karl Schwarzschild”
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