Editing Wilhelm Wien (section)

===Early years===
Wien was born at Gaffken (now in [[Baltiysky District, Kaliningrad Oblast|Baltiysky District]]) near Fischhausen in the [[Province of Prussia]] as the son of landowner Carl Wien. In 1866, his family moved to [[Smokowo, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship|Drachenstein]] near [[Kętrzyn|Rastenburg]] (now Kętrzyn, Poland).

In 1879, Wien went to school in Rastenburg and from 1880 to 1882 he attended the city school of [[Heidelberg]]. In 1882 he attended the [[University of Göttingen]] and the [[University of Berlin]]. From 1883 to 1885, he worked in the laboratory of [[Hermann von Helmholtz]] and, in 1886, he received his [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]] with a thesis on the diffraction of [[light]] upon metals and on the influence of various materials upon the [[color]] of refracted light. From 1896 to 1899, Wien lectured at [[RWTH Aachen University]]. He became twice successor of [[Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen]], in 1900 at the [[University of Würzburg]] and in 1920 at the [[University of Munich]]. Wien was very active in science politics representing conservative and nationalistic positions though being not as extreme as sharing the attitude of those going to develop the "[[Deutsche Physik]]". He appreciated both [[Albert Einstein]] and [[Theory of relativity|relativity]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.deutsches-museum.de/fileadmin/Content/010_DM/050_Forschung/020_Forschung_Mitarbeiter/Wolff_01.pdf|title=Physiker im "Krieg der Geister"|last=Wolff|first=Stefan L.|date=30 July 2017}}</ref>