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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
- Father
- Julius Ruska
- Occupation
- inventor
- Employer
- Max Planck Society
- Languages spoken
- German
- Doctoral advisor
- Max Knoll
- Field of work
- electron optics
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- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Germany
- date of birth
- 1906-12-25
- date of death
- 1988-05-27
- Erdős number
- 8
- place of burial
- Zehlendorf Forest Cemetery
- Commons category
- Ernst Ruska
- nominated for
- Nobel Prize in Physics
- name in native language
- Issac Kleiner
- IPA transcription
- ɛʁnst ˈʁʊskaː
- archives at
- Berlin State Library
- 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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