Christian Christiansen

Christian Christiansen (1843-1917) was the one and only physics professor at the University of Copenhagen when Niels Bohr was a student. Christiansen was also good friends with Niels Bohr’s father, Christian, as well as with the philosopher Harald Høffding.

Primary literature

• Indledning til den mathematiske Fysik, 1887.
• Lærebog i Fysik, several volumes
  • Andet Bind: Elektricitet og Lys, 1894.
• H. C. Ørsted som Naturfilosof, 1903
• Nogle Bemærkninger om Naturvidenskabernes Betydning for vor Tid, 1905
• Lucretius’ og Descartes’ Fysik i Forhold til Nutidens, 1913

External references

• https://biografiskleksikon.lex.dk/C._Christiansen