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Hermann Minkowski (1864-1909) was a German/Jewish mathematician who developed the mathematical foundation for a space-time continuum in the [[theory of relativity]].   

'''Hermann Minkowski''' (1864-1909) was a German/Jewish mathematician who developed the mathematical foundation for a space-time continuum in the [[theory of relativity]].   

By 1907, Minkowski appreciated that the work of [[Hendrik Lorentz]] and [[Henri Poincaré]] on special relativity was best described in a non-euclidean space. Minkowski considered that space and time, thought to be independent by almost everyone before Lorentz's 1895 theory, were actually coupled together in a four-dimensional "space-time continuum." Minkowski also developed a four-dimensional treatment of electrodynamics. His major papers were ''Raum und Zeit'' (1907) and ''Zwei Abhandlungen über die Grundgleichungen der Elektrodynamik'' (1909).  

By 1907, Minkowski appreciated that the work of [[Hendrik Lorentz]] and [[Henri Poincaré]] on special relativity was best described in a non-euclidean space. Minkowski considered that space and time, thought to be independent by almost everyone before Lorentz's 1895 theory, were actually coupled together in a four-dimensional "space-time continuum." Minkowski also developed a four-dimensional treatment of electrodynamics. His major papers were ''Raum und Zeit'' (1907) and ''Zwei Abhandlungen über die Grundgleichungen der Elektrodynamik'' (1909).