1. Arthur Korn was a German physicist, mathematician and inventor.
10 Facts About Arthur Korn
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Arthur Korn was involved in the development of the fax machine, specifically the transmission of photographs or telephotography, known as the Bildtelegraph, related to early attempts at developing a practical mechanical television system.
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Arthur Korn then studied physics and mathematics in Leipzig at the age of 15, from where he graduated in 1890.
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Dr Arthur Korn, being of Jewish descent, was dismissed from his post in 1935 with the rise of the Nazi Party.
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Arthur Korn died in Jersey City, New Jersey, in 1945.
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Arthur Korn pioneered the use of light sensitive selenium cells which supplanted the function of the stylus, and used a Nernst lamp as a light source.
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At a 1913 conference in Vienna, Arthur Korn demonstrated the first successful visual telegraphic transmission of a cinematic recording.
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Arthur Korn worked on potential theory and the mathematics of physics.
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Arthur Korn was an Invited Speaker for the ICM in 1908 in Rome and in 1932 in Zurich.
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Arthur Korn contributed numerous articles to such journals as Berichte der Bayrischen Akademie der Wissenschaft, Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences, and Naturwissenschaftliches Wochenschrift.