Weissenberg
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Weissenberg may refer to:
See also Weissenburg (disambiguation).
- WeißenbergWeißenbergWeißenberg is a town in the district of Bautzen, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is located 11 km north of Löbau, and 16 km east of Bautzen.- Sons and daughters of the city :...
, a town in Saxony, Germany - the scene of the Battle of White MountainBattle of White MountainThe Battle of White Mountain, 8 November 1620 was an early battle in the Thirty Years' War in which an army of 30,000 Bohemians and mercenaries under Christian of Anhalt were routed by 27,000 men of the combined armies of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor under Charles Bonaventure de Longueval,...
- Karl WeissenbergKarl WeissenbergKarl Weissenberg was an Austrian physicist, notable for his contributions to rheology and crystallography.The Weissenberg effect was named after him, as was the Weissenberg number...
(1893-1976), German physicist and founding rheologistRheologyRheology is the study of the flow of matter, primarily in the liquid state, but also as 'soft solids' or solids under conditions in which they respond with plastic flow rather than deforming elastically in response to an applied force....
, after whom the Weissenberg effectWeissenberg effectThe Weissenberg effect is a common phenomenon that occurs when a spinning rod is placed into a solution of liquid polymer. Instead of being thrown outward, entanglements cause the polymer chains to be drawn towards the rod. It is named after Karl Weissenberg....
was named - Alexis WeissenbergAlexis Weissenberg-Early life and career:Born into a Jewish family in Sofia, Weissenberg began taking piano lessons at the age of three from Pancho Vladigerov. He gave his first public performance at the age of eight. After escaping to what was then Palestine in 1945, where he studied under Leo Kestenberg, he went...
(b. 1929), Bulgarian-born French pianist - Weissenberg numberWeissenberg numberThe Weissenberg number is a dimensionless number used in the study of viscoelastic flows. It is named after Karl Weissenberg. The dimensionless number is the ratio of the relaxation time of the fluid and a specific process time...
- I.M. Weissenberg (1881-1938), Yiddish short story writer
See also Weissenburg (disambiguation).