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Hans Geiger
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German physicist (1882–1945)
Hans Geiger was a German physicist who lived from 1882 to 1945 and is best known for developing the Geiger counter, a device that detects and measures radiation. His work on radiation detection became fundamental to nuclear physics research and continues to be widely used today in scientific and safety applications.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1882
- Works
- 9
Top works
- Strahlungs-, Temperatur- und Potentialmessungen in Entladungsröhren bei starken Strömen
- Röntgenstrahlund ausschliesslich Röntgenoptik
- Handbuch der physik
- Die kosmische Ultrastrahlung als Forschungsproblem
- Elektronen, Atome, Ionen
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Germany
Discography
- Out of Tune2005
- Day2006
- Night2006
- Good Evening (Remixes)2006
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 22
- Total plays
- 101
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The ERA5 global reanalysis
· 2020 · cited 22,793x
- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,518x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,405x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,380x
- Astropy: A community Python package for astronomy
· 2013 · cited 13,131x
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- date of birth
- 1882-09-30
- date of death
- 1945-09-24
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- name in native language
- Hans Geiger
- birth name
- Johannes Wilhelm Geiger
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Article
Johannes "Hans" Wilhelm Geiger (30 September 1882 – 24 September 1945) was a German experimental physicist. He is known as the inventor of the Geiger counter, a device used to detect ionizing radiation, and for carrying out the Rutherford scattering experiments, which led to the discovery of the atomic nucleus. He also performed the Bothe–Geiger coincidence experiment, which confirmed the conservation of energy in light-particle interactions.
He was the brother of meteorologist and climatologist Rudolf Geiger.