Hans Geiger
German physicist
Johannes Wilhelm "Hans" Geiger 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. Wikipedia
Born: September 30, 1882, Neustadt, Germany
Died: September 24, 1945 (age 62 years), Potsdam, Germany
Parents: Wilhelm Geiger and Marie Plochmann
Awards: Hughes Medal (1929) and Dennis Gabor Medal and Prize (1937)
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