| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physics | |
| Year: | 1929 |
| Number: | 17 - 2 |
| Nominee 1: |
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| Name: | Friedrich Paschen |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1865 |
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) |
| Nominee 2: |
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| Name: | Arnold Sommerfeld |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1868 |
| Year, Death: | 1951 |
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) |
| Nominator: |
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| Name: | James Franck |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1882 |
| Year, Death: | 1964 |
| Profession: | previous winner of a Nobel prize in physics, 1925 |
| University: | University of Göttingen |
| City: | Göttingen |
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1925 | |
| Comments: | First choice: O. Stern and R.W. Wood, divided (see entry 17-1, 1929). Second choice: F. Paschen and A. Sommerfeld, divided. Third choice: L. de Broglie and C.J. Davisson, divided (see entry 17-3, 1929). Fourth choice: E. Warburg (see entry 17-3, 1929). |