Erasto B. Mpemba

Erasto Bartholomeo Mpemba (1950) is a Tanzanian scientist who discovered the eponymous Mpemba effect during his school days, a paradoxical phenomenon in which hot water freezes faster than cold water under certain conditions. In 1963, he discovered the phenomenon in the preparation of ice cream. The correctness of his observations was proven experimentally.[1]

During his studies at the College of African Wildlife Management near Moshi, he published in 1969, together with Dr. Denis G. Osborne, a paper on the phenomenon.[2] Later he worked in the Department of Natural Resources and Tourism in the Wildlife Division. He has since retired.[3]

References
  1. "Can hot water freeze faster than cold water?". math.ucr.edu. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
  2. Mpemba, E. B.; Osborne, D. G. (1969). "Cool?". Physics Education. 4 (3): 172. Bibcode:1969PhyEd...4..172M. doi:10.1088/0031-9120/4/3/312. ISSN 0031-9120.
  3. "TEDxDar • #TEDxDar Speaker Erasto B. Mpemba In 1963,..." 2014-10-26. Retrieved 2018-03-05.


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