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Otto Stern

Otto Stern

February 17, 1888 –August 17, 1969

Physicist, Chemist, University teacher

Lived 81 years

Passed away in
Berkeley

Otto Stern (German: [ˈɔto ˈʃtɛʁn] ; 17 February 1888 – 17 August 1969) was a German–American experimental physicist. He is the second most nominated person for a Nobel Prize, with 82 nominations during the years 1925–1945. In 1943, he received the Nobel Prize in Physics "for his contribution to the development of the molecular ray method and his discovery of the magnetic moment of the proton."

Notable works: Stern–Gerlach experiment Awards: Nobel Prize in Physics, honorary doctor of ETH Zürich, honorary member of the Physics Association (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) Education: University of Wrocław, Johanneum Breslau, Goethe University Frankfurt

Source: Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Stern