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Otto Stern was a German-American physicist who made important contributions to quantum mechanics and atomic physics during the 20th century. He is best known for his experimental work demonstrating the quantization of angular momentum in atoms, which provided crucial evidence supporting quantum theory and earned him the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1943.
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Nobel Prize
- The Nobel Prize in Physics1943
“for his contribution to the development of the molecular ray method and his discovery of the magnetic moment of the proton”
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- Berkeley
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- university teacher
- Educated at
- Goethe University Frankfurt
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- ETH Zurich
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- Stern–Gerlach experiment
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- physical chemistry
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- Otto Stern.jpg
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- 1888-02-17
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Encyclopedic overview
Otto Stern ( German: [ˈɔto ˈʃtɛʁn] ; 17 February 1888 – 17 August 1969) was a German–American experimental physicist. He is the second most nominated person for a Nobel Prize, with 82 nominations during the years 1925–1945. In 1943, he received the Nobel Prize in Physics "for his contribution to the development of the molecular ray method and his discovery of the magnetic moment of the proton."
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