A Life in Experimental Physics
Gustav Ludwig Hertz was born on 22 July 1887 and died on 30 October 1975. He pursued experimental physics, a field grounded in carefully observed and measured phenomena.
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Gustav Ludwig Hertz
He helped reveal the laws governing what happens when an electron strikes an atom, a discovery honored with the 1925 Nobel Prize in Physics.
Gustav Ludwig Hertz was a German experimental physicist born in 1887. Together with James Franck, he discovered laws governing the impact of electrons upon atoms and shared the 1925 Nobel Prize in Physics. In Berlin, his story is encountered through this scientific legacy rather than through a specific site identified in the available research.
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Electrons Meeting Atoms
Hertz investigated the impact of an electron upon an atom. His work helped establish the laws governing that interaction.
The 1925 Nobel Prize
Hertz shared the 1925 Nobel Prize in Physics with James Franck. The award recognized their joint discovery of the laws governing the impact of an electron upon an atom.
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