Heinrich Friedrich Emil Lenz, also called Emil Khristianovich, was a Russian physicist best known for his contributions to electromagnetic research. During his career as professor and dean at the University of St. Petersburg, Lenz published the...

1804-1865 Russian physicist who discovered the relationship between electrical resistance and temperature (also called Joule's Law) and first stated the law describing electrical inductance. Lenz began studying theology at Dorpat University,...

Heinrich Friedrich Emil Lenz (February 12, 1804 - February 10, 1865) was a Baltic German physicist most famous for formulating Lenz's law in 1833. Lenz was born in Tartu in what is today Estonia. After completing his secondary education in 1820, Lenz...