Otto Stern
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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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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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1888 births1969 deaths20th-century American physicists20th-century German physicistsAcademic staff of ETH ZurichAcademic staff of the University of HamburgAcademic staff of the University of RostockCarnegie Mellon University facultyEmigrants from Nazi Germany to the United StatesExperimental physicistsGerman Nobel laureatesGoethe University Frankfurt alumni