Piet Hein (scientist)

Piet Hein ( born December 16, 1905 in Copenhagen, † April 18, 1996 on Funen ) was a Danish scientist, mathematician, inventor and writer.

He completed his studies at the Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Copenhagen ( the later Niels Bohr Institute ), and Technical University of Denmark to. Yale University awarded him an honorary doctorate in 1972.

Piet Hein was a direct descendant of Piet Heyn, the Dutch national hero of the 16th century.

Services

Piet Hein is illustrated by works such as the Hex Games, Tangloids, Morra, Tower, Polytaire, Tactix, nimbi and the Soma Cube and even thousands of short poems called Gruks become famous.

In 1959 he was awarded by the City Council Stockholm commissioned to design the ideal form of a roundabout on a newly designed square ( Sergels Torg ). On the search for a compromise between a rectangle ( whose sides are parallel to the boundary of the square would be ) and a circle ( in which the traffic flow would be optimized ) he achieved by using a mathematical formula by Gabriel Lamé a combination of both: The Super Ellipse and as special case of the super circle. Furthermore, he promoted the application of the super ellipse (also called Lame curve ) in architecture, urban planning and the (furniture ) design ( Table Super Ellipse (1964 ) in collaboration with Bruno Mathsson, super - egg). In this context, he created the SUPER ELLIPSE ® brand.

The American science writer Martin Gardner wrote in 1965 in one of his contributions to the Scientific American about Piet Hein:

Personal

Piet Hein was married four times and had five sons from his last three marriages.

  • Son Lars Hein, born on 20 May 1950.
  • Sons: Jotun Hein, born on 19 July 1956 Hugo Piet Hein, born on 16 November 1963.

Works

  • Grooks. Borrowing, Copenhagen 1998 ISBN 87-418-1079-1
  • Collected Grooks I. borrowing, Copenhagen 1999 ISBN 87-21-01859-6
  • Collected Grooks II borrowing, Copenhagen 2000 ISBN 87-21-01861-8
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