Walther Gerlach
German physicist (1889–1979) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Walther Gerlach (1 August 1889 – 10 August 1979)[3] was a German physicist who co-discovered, through laboratory experiment, spin quantization in a magnetic field, the Stern–Gerlach effect. The experiment was conceived by Otto Stern in 1921 and successfully conducted first by Gerlach in early 1922.[4][5][6]
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Walther Gerlach | |
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Born | (1889-08-01)1 August 1889 |
Died | 10 August 1979(1979-08-10) (aged 90) |
Nationality | German |
Alma mater | Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen |
Known for | Stern–Gerlach experiment |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Experimental Physics |
Institutions | Johann Wolfgang Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen |
Academic advisors | Friedrich Paschen |
Doctoral students | Gertrude Scharff Goldhaber[1] Heinz Billing[2] |
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