Pierre Weiss Scientist

Pierre-Ernest Weiss (March 25, 1865 - October 24, 1940) was a French physicist who developed the domain theory of ferromagnetism in 1907. Weiss domains and the Weiss magneton are named after him. Weiss also developed the Molecular or Mean field theory, which is often called Weiss-mean-field theory.Weiss was born in Mulhouse and died in Lyon.

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Pierre Weiss
Birth dateMarch 25, 1865
Birth place
Mulhouse
Nationality
France
Date of deathOctober 24, 1940
Place of death
Lyon
Known for
Ferromagnetism

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Field of study
Physics

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