275 Accesses 3 Altmetric You have full access to this open access chapter, Download reference work entry PDF 1997 PM 1 . Discovered 1997 Aug. 4 by P. G. Comba at Prescott. Hermann Minkowski (1864?1909) was awarded a prestigious prize from the Paris Academy of Sciences while still a student. He was Einstein’s {see planet (2001) } teacher at Zurich and later developed the concept of four-dimensional space-time ? the mathematical foundation of the special theory of relativity. (M 38202) Rights and permissions Reprints and permissions Copyright information ⓒ 2003 Springer-Verlag About this entry Cite this entry (2003). (12493) Minkowski. In: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_8614 Download citation .RIS .ENW .BIB DOI : https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_8614 Publisher Name : Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg Print ISBN : 978-3-540-00238-3 Online ISBN : 978-3-540-29925-7 eBook Packages : Springer Book Archive Share this entry Anyone you share the following link with will be able to read this content: Get shareable link Sorry, a shareable link is not currently available for this article. Copy to clipboard Provided by the Springer Nature SharedIt content-sharing initiative Publish with us Policies and ethics