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Gustav Ludwig Hertz
Full Name of the recipient | Gustav Ludwig Hertz |
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Award | Nobel Prize in Physics |
Year of Award | 1925 |
Share in Award | 50.0% |
Award Shared with | James Franck (50.0%) |
Motivation for the Award | for their discovery of the laws governing the impact of an electron upon an atom |
Affiliation at the Time of Award | Halle University, Halle, Germany |
Place of Birth | Hamburg, Germany DEU |
Date of Birth | 22 July 1887 |
Age at the time of Award | 37 years |
Place of Death | Berlin, East Germany DEU |
Date of Death | 30 October 1975 |