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09-19-2021-0836 - Johannes Wilhelm "Hans" Geiger 1882 1945

 Johannes Wilhelm "HansGeiger (/ˈɡɡər/German: [ˈɡaɪɡɐ]; 30 September 1882 – 24 September 1945) was a German physicist. He is best known as the co-inventor of the detector component of the Geiger counter and for the Geiger–Marsden experiment which discovered the atomic nucleus. He was the brother of meteorologist and climatologist Rudolf Geiger.

Hans Geiger
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Hans Wilhelm Geiger (1928)
Born30 September 1882
Died24 September 1945 (aged 62)
NationalityGerman
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FieldsPhysics and sciences
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Geiger


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