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Gustav Ludwig Hertz
1887Jul, 22

Gustav Ludwig Hertz

Gustav Ludwig Hertz, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1975)
Gustav Ludwig Hertz (German: [ˈɡʊs.taf ˈluːt.vɪç hɛʁt͡s] (listen); 22 July 1887 – 30 October 1975) was a German experimental physicist and Nobel Prize winner for his work on inelastic electron collisions in gases, and a nephew of Heinrich Rudolf Hertz.

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