Max Abraham

Max Abraham
Abraham, c. 1905
Born	26 March 1875 Danzig, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Died	16 November 1922 (1922-11-17) (aged 47) Munich, Bavaria, Weimar Republic
Alma mater	University of Berlin
Known for	Abraham–Minkowski controversy Abraham–Lorentz force
Scientific career
Fields	Physics
Institutions	University of Göttingen (1900–1909) University of Chicago (1909–1909) Istituto Tecnico Superiore (until 1914) Technische Hochschule Stuttgart (until 1921)
Doctoral advisor	Max Planck

Special relativity
Principle of relativity Theory of relativity Formulations
Foundations Einstein's postulates Inertial frame of reference Speed of light Maxwell's equations Lorentz transformation
Consequences Time dilation Length contraction Relativistic mass Mass–energy equivalence Relativity of simultaneity Relativistic Doppler effect Thomas precession Relativistic disk Bell's spaceship paradox Ehrenfest paradox
Spacetime Minkowski spacetime Spacetime diagram World line Light cone
Dynamics Proper time Proper mass Four-momentum
History Precursors Galilean relativity Galilean transformation Aether theories Hyperbolic quaternions
People Einstein Sommerfeld Michelson Morley FitzGerald Herglotz Lorentz Poincaré Minkowski Fizeau Abraham Born Planck von Laue Ehrenfest Tolman Dirac
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Max Abraham (German: [ˈaːbʀaham]; 26 March 1875 – 16 November 1922) was a German physicist known for his work on electromagnetism and his opposition to the theory of relativity.