Walther Wilhelm Georg Bothe was a German nuclear physicist know for the development of coincidence methods to study particle physics.
He served in the military during World War I from 1914, and he was a prisoner of war of the Russians, returning... Wikipedia
Born: January 8, 1891, Oranienburg, Germany
Died: February 8, 1957 (age 66 years), Heidelberg, Germany
Known for: Bothe–Geiger coincidence experiment; Coincidence method; Coincidence circuit
Education: Humboldt University of Berlin (1908–1913) and University of Giessen
Awards: Nobel Prize in Physics (1954) and Max Planck Medal (1953)
Spouse: Barbara Belowa (m. 1920)