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Wilhelm Wien
Full Name of the recipient | Wilhelm Wien |
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Award | Nobel Prize in Physics |
Year of Award | 1911 |
Share in Award | 100.0% |
Award Shared with | |
Motivation for the Award | for his discoveries regarding the laws governing the radiation of heat |
Affiliation at the Time of Award | Würzburg University, Würzburg, Germany |
Place of Birth | Gaffken (now Parusnoye), Prussia (now known as Russia RUS) |
Date of Birth | 13 January 1864 |
Age at the time of Award | 46 years |
Place of Death | Munich, Germany DEU |
Date of Death | 30 August 1928 |