Thomas Johann Seebeck and his contribution to the modern science and technology

Abstract

Thomas Johann Seebeck, Estonian-German physicist, chemist and physician was born in 1770 in Reval, now Tallinn, Estonia. Educated in Tallinn, Berlin and Göttingen, he lived and worked in Jena, Bayreuth, Nuremberg, and Berlin, where he died in 1831. In this article, his life and his main scientific achievements are briefly overviewed.