Hans Geiger
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Hans Wilhelm Geiger (1928)
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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.
Born
30 September 1882 Neustadt an der Haardt, Palatinate, German Empire
Died
24 September 1945 (aged 62) Potsdam, Germany
Nationality
German
Known for
Geiger counter Geiger–Marsden experiment Geiger–Müller tube Geiger–Nuttall law Atomic nucleus
Fields
Physics and sciences
Awards
Hughes Medal (1929) Duddell Medal and Prize (1937)
Institutions
University of Erlangen University of Manchester
adultbasic
Britain
era
1800+
Influences
Ernest Rutherford John Mitchell Nuttall