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Gustav Hertz

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Gustav Ludwig Hertz was a German experimental physicist who shared the 1925 Nobel Prize in Physics with James Franck for their discovery of the laws governing the impact of an electron upon an atom. Their 1914 Franck-Hertz experiment provided crucial evidence for electron-atom interactions and helped confirm atomic theory.

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Physics 1
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1887 1
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  • Wikipedia 'Gustav Ludwig Hertz': stated occupation/field in article intro, checked 2026-09-27
  • Wikipedia 'Gustav Ludwig Hertz': infobox birth_date, checked 2026-09-27
  • Works In: Physics, Infobox, fields
    Infobox fields: Physics
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