Viktor von Lang (2 March 1838 – 3 July 1921) was an Austrian
chemist
A chemist (from Greek ''chēm(ía)'' alchemy; replacing ''chymist'' from Medieval Latin ''alchemist'') is a scientist trained in the study of chemistry. Chemists study the composition of matter and its properties. Chemists carefully describe th ...
. He is counted among the pioneers and founders of
crystal physics.
Career
Lang earned his doctorate from the
University of Giessen
University of Giessen, official name Justus Liebig University Giessen (german: Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen), is a large public research university in Giessen, Hesse, Germany. It is named after its most famous faculty member, Justus von L ...
in 1859 with a thesis titled "Physikalische Verhältnisse kristallisierter Körper".
From 1865 to 1909, Lang served as director of the ''Physikalisches Kabinett'' in
Vienna
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. His book on introductory
theoretical physics
Theoretical physics is a branch of physics that employs mathematical models and abstractions of physical objects and systems to rationalize, explain and predict natural phenomena. This is in contrast to experimental physics, which uses experim ...
, ''Einleitung in die theoretische physik'', was published in eight editions from 1867 to 1891. With
crystallographer Wilhelm Josef Grailich, he was co-author of ''Untersuchungen über die Physikalischen Verhältnisse Krystallisirter Körper'' ("Investigations into the physical conditions of crystallized bodies").
The mineral
langite
Langite is a rare hydrated copper sulfate mineral, with hydroxyl, found almost exclusively in druses of small crystals. It is formed from the oxidation of copper sulfides, and was first described in specimens from Cornwall, United Kingdom. It i ...
was named in his honor by
Nevil Story Maskelyne
Mervyn Herbert Nevil Story Maskelyne (3 September 1823 – 20 May 1911) was an English geologist and politician.
Scientific career
Educated at Wadham College, Oxford, Maskelyne taught mineralogy and chemistry at Oxford from 1851, before becomin ...
.
A Handbook to a Collection of the Minerals of the British Islands
by the Museum of Practical Geology (Great Britain), Frederick William Rudler
References
External links
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1838 births
1921 deaths
Austrian chemists
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