Otto von Guericke
Otto von Guericke | |
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Otto von Guericke, engraving after a portrait by Anselm van Hulle (1601–1674) | |
| Born | Otto Gericke 30 November 1602 |
| Died | 21 May 1686 (aged 83) |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physicist, politician |
Otto von Guericke (UK: /ˈɡɛərɪkə/ GAIR-ik-ə, US: /ˈɡ(w)ɛərɪkə, -ki/ ⓘ G(W)AIR-ik-ə, -ee, German: [ˈɔtoː fɔn ˈɡeːʁɪkə] ⓘ; spelled Gericke until 1666; 30 November [O.S. 20 November] 1602 – 21 May [O.S. 11 May] 1686) was a German scientist, inventor, mathematician, and physicist. His pioneering scientific work, the development of experimental methods and repeatable demonstrations on the physics of the vacuum, atmospheric pressure, electrostatic repulsion, his advocacy for the reality of "action at a distance" and of "absolute space" were noteworthy contributions for the advancement of the Scientific Revolution.