Gustav Ludwig Hertz

Gustav Ludwig Hertz

Nobel Prize in Physics 1925

“for their discovery of the laws governing the impact of an electron upon an atom”

Gustav Ludwig Hertz was a German physicist. He shared the 1925 Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of the laws governing the impact of an electron upon an atom. He was affiliated with Halle University.

Field
Physics · Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
Lifespan
1887–1975