Gustav Ludwig Hertz
July 22, 1887 –October 30, 1975
Physicist, University teacher
Lived 88 years
- Born in
- Hamburg
- Passed away in
- East Berlin
Gustav Ludwig Hertz (German: [ˈɡʊstaf ˈluːtvɪç ˈhɛʁts] ; 22 July 1887 – 30 October 1975) was a German experimental physicist who shared the 1925 Nobel Prize in Physics with James Franck "for their discovery of the laws governing the impact of an electron upon an atom."
Notable works: Franck–Hertz experiment Awards: Stalin Prize, Patriotic Order of Merit in Gold, Hervorragender Wissenschaftler des Volkes, National Prize of East Germany, Nobel Prize in Physics, Max Planck Medal, Helmholtz Medal, Order of the Red Banner of Labour Education: Frederick William University Berlin, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, University of Göttingen, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
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