Physics
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2004
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2004 Credits Editors: Lars Bergström and Per Carlson, Secretary and Member of the Nobel Committee for Physics. Mark Pearce, The Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Jonas Förare, Anna Lindquist and Eva Krutmeijer, The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Layout and illustrations: Typoform Printing: Katarinatryck AB 2004 …
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Jean Baptiste Perrin – Biographical
Biographical
Jean Baptiste Perrin was born in Lille, September 30, 1870, where he was educated at the École Normal Supérieure, becoming an assistant in physics during 1894-1897, when he began his researches on cathode rays and X-rays. He received the degree of “docteur ès sciences” in 1897 for a thesis on cathode and Röntgen rays and…
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Otto Stern – Biographical
Biographical
Otto Stern was born in Sorau, Upper Silesia, Germany, on February 17, 1888. In 1892 he moved with his parents to Breslau, where he attended high school. He began to study physical chemistry in 1906, receiving his Ph.D. degree from the University of Breslau in 1912. In the same year he joined Einstein at the…
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