Mathematician:Hans Christian Ørsted

Mathematician

Danish physicist and chemist who discovered that electric currents create magnetic fields.

Nationality

Danish

History

• Born: 14 August 1777 in Rudkøbing, Denmark-Norway (now Denmark)
• Died: 9 March 1851 in Copenhagen, Denmark

Theorems and Definitions

• Oersted (unit of magnetic field strength)
• Oersted's Law

Results named for Hans Christian Ørsted can be found here.

Definitions of concepts named for Hans Christian Ørsted can be found here.

Publications

• 1813: Ansicht der chemischen Naturgesetze, durch die neueren Entdeckungen gewonnen
• 1854: Aanden i Naturen (Vol. 1)
• 1854: Aanden i Naturen (Vol. 2)

Also known as

His surname in English-speaking countries is often rendered Oersted.

This is the form of his surname that usually appears against his eponyms.

Sources

• John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson: "Hans Christian Ørsted": MacTutor History of Mathematics archive