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Ernst Ruska

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Also known as Ernst August Friedrich Ruska

German physicist (1906–1988)

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Ernst Ruska was a figure recognized in the Nobel Laureates collection and the Nobel Physics collection. He was associated with one Nobel Prize. His name is pronounced ɛʁnst ˈʁʊskaː.

He was born on December 25, 1906, and died on May 27, 1988. He held an Erdős number of 8.

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Nobel Prize

  • The Nobel Prize in Physics1986

    “for his fundamental work in electron optics, and for the design of the first electron microscope”

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Friedrich
Gender
male
Citizenship
German Empire
Place of birth
Heidelberg
Place of death
West Berlin
Occupation
inventor
Languages spoken
German
Doctoral advisor
Max Knoll
Field of work
electron optics
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date of birth
1906-12-25
date of death
1988-05-27
Erdős number
8
Commons category
Ernst Ruska
name in native language
Issac Kleiner
IPA transcription
ɛʁnst ˈʁʊskaː
interested in
physics
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Encyclopedic overview

First commercial Electron microscope, constructed by Ernst Ruska in 1939

Ernst August Friedrich Ruska ( German pronunciation: [ɛʁnst ˈʁʊskaː] ; 25 December 1906 – 27 May 1988) was a German physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1986 for his work in electron optics, including the design of the first electron microscope.

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