Otto Stern

Nobel Prize in Physics 1943

“for his contribution to the development of the molecular ray method and his discovery of the magnetic moment of the proton”

Otto Stern was a German-American physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1943 for his contribution to the development of the molecular ray method and his discovery of the magnetic moment of the proton. He worked at the Carnegie Institute of Technology. His work was important for molecular beam experiments.

Field

Physics · Molecular Physics

Lifespan

1888–1969