page_title: Leo Graetz
hierarchical_section_title: Leo Graetz
caption_attribution_description: Leo Graetz (1856-1941), Oil on Canvas, 1906
context_page_description: Leo Graetz was a German physicist. He was born in Breslau, Germany, and was the son of historian Heinrich Graetz.
  Graetz was one of the first to investigate the propagation of electromagnetic energy. The Graetz number, a dimensionless number describing heat flow, is named after him. Also sometimes known by his name is the diode bridge rectifier circuit that was invented by Polish electrotechnician Karol Pollak in 1896 and that was independently invented and published by Leo Graetz in 1897.
  In 1880 he confirmed the Stefan–Boltzmann law.
  Graetz died in Munich at age 85.
context_section_description: Leo Graetz (26 September 1856 – 12 November 1941) was a German physicist.  He was born in Breslau, Germany, and was the son of historian Heinrich Graetz.
  Graetz was one of the first to investigate the propagation of electromagnetic energy. The Graetz number (Gz), a dimensionless number describing heat flow, is named after him. Also sometimes known by his name is the diode bridge rectifier circuit that was invented by Polish electrotechnician Karol Pollak in 1896 and that was independently invented and published by Leo Graetz in 1897.
  In 1880 he confirmed the Stefan–Boltzmann law. 
  Graetz died in Munich at age 85.
caption: Leo Graetz, painted by Franz von Stuck (1906)
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