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Max von Laue

German physicist, Nobel laureate and anti-Nazi (1879–1960)

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Max von Laue was a German physicist who won the Nobel Prize for his discovery that X-rays could be diffracted by crystals, a breakthrough that revealed the wave nature of X-rays and enabled scientists to study atomic structures. He is also remembered for his courageous opposition to Nazi ideology during World War II, demonstrating that scientific integrity and moral conviction could coexist even under an oppressive regime.

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Born: 1879
Died: 1960
Works: 26

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Zu Max Plancks sechzigstem Geburtstag
Röntgenstrahl-Interferenzen
Die Relativitatstheorie
Das relativitätsprinzip
History of physics

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Type: Person
Country: DE
Active from: 1770-12-17
Active to: 1827-03-26

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Max Theodor Felix von Laue ( German: [maks fɔn ˈlaʊ̯ə] ; 9 October 1879 – 24 April 1960) was a German physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1914 "for his discovery of the diffraction of X-rays by crystals."

In addition to his scientific endeavors with contributions in optics, crystallography, quantum theory, superconductivity, and the theory of relativity, Laue had a number of administrative positions which advanced and guided German scientific research and development during four decades. A strong objector to Nazism, he was instrumental in re-establishing and organizing German science after World War II.