Louis de Broglie
Louis de Broglie
Broglie in 1929
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a French physicist and aristocrat who made groundbreaking contributions to quantum theory
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Born
15 August 1892 Dieppe, France
Died
19 March 1987 (aged 94) Louveciennes, France
Nationality
French
Known for
Wave nature of electrons De Broglie–Bohm theory de Broglie wavelength
Fields
Physics
Alma mater
University of Paris (ΒΑ in History, 1910; BA in Sciences, 1913; PhD in physics, 1924)
Awards
Nobel Prize in Physics (1929) Henri Poincaré Medal (1929) Albert I of Monaco Prize (1932) Max Planck Medal (1938) Kalinga Prize (1952)
Institutions
University of Paris (Sorbonne)
adultbasic
France
Doctoral advisor
Paul Langevin
Doctoral students
Cécile DeWitt-Morette Bernard d'Espagnat Jean-Pierre Vigier Alexandru Proca Marie-Antoinette Tonnelat
era
1800+
Thesis
Recherches sur la théorie des quanta("Research on Quantum Theory") (1924)