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Alexander Friedmann

Alexander Friedmann, Russian physicist and mathematician (died 1925)

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Born
June 16, 1888
Died
September 16, 1925
Zodiac sign
Gemini
Birth year
1888

About Alexander Friedmann

Alexander Alexandrovich Friedmann was a Russian and Soviet physicist and mathematician. He originated the pioneering theory that the universe is expanding, governed by a set of equations he developed known as the Friedmann equations. The First Alexander Friedmann International Seminar on Gravitation and Cosmology devoted to the centenary of his birth took place in 1988. In July 1925 he participated in a record-setting balloon flight, reaching an elevation of 7,400 m (24,300 ft).

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Alexander Friedmann timeline

  1. In July 1925 he participated in a record-setting balloon flight, reaching an elevation of 7,400 m (24,300 ft).
  2. The First Alexander Friedmann International Seminar on Gravitation and Cosmology devoted to the centenary of his birth took place in 1988.

The world when Alexander Friedmann was born

Alexander Friedmann was born in 1888. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineGreat Blizzard of 1888 paralyzes US East Coast
  • Technology milestoneKodak box camera — "You press the button, we do the rest"
  • Defining fadKodak camera craze
  • World population~1.48B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderGrover Cleveland
  • U.S. population57.6M

1888 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Alexander Friedmann's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18882026
Population57.6M341 million

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