Max Bernhard Weinstein
German physicist and philosopher (1852–1918) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about Max Bernhard Weinstein?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
Max Bernhard Weinstein (1 September 1852 in Kaunas,[1] Vilna Governorate – 25 March 1918) was a German physicist and philosopher. He is best known as an opponent of Albert Einstein's Theory of Relativity, and for having written a broad examination of various theological theories, including extensive discussion of pandeism.
![Thumb image](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/33/1910_photo_of_German_physicist_Max_Bernhard_Weinstein.jpg/220px-1910_photo_of_German_physicist_Max_Bernhard_Weinstein.jpg)
Born into a Jewish family in Kovno (then Imperial Russia[2][3]), Weinstein translated James Clerk Maxwell's Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism into German in 1883,[4] and taught courses on electrodynamics at the University of Berlin.[4]
While teaching at the Institute of Physics in the University of Berlin, Weinstein associated with Max Planck, Emil du Bois-Reymond, Hermann von Helmholtz, Ernst Pringsheim Sr., Wilhelm Wien, Carl A. Paalzow of the Technische Hochschule in Berlin Charlottenburg, August Kundt, Werner von Siemens, theologian Adolph von Siemens, historian Theodor Mommsen, and Germanic philologist Wilhelm Scherer.[5]