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Walther Bothe

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Also known as Walter Bothe, Walther Wilhelm Georg Bothe, Bothe

German physicist, mathematician and chemist (1891-1957)

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Walther Bothe (1891–1957) was a German physicist, chemist, and inventor. Born in Oranienburg, he studied at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and the University of Giessen, with Max Planck serving as his doctoral advisor. He held positions at the University of Giessen, Heidelberg University, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt. Bothe was a member of the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences, the German Academy of Sciences at Berlin, the Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities, and the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities.

He participated in World War I and worked in the field of physics. His notable works include *Theorie des Doppellinsen B. Spektrometers* and *Röntgenstrahlund ausschliesslich Röntgenoptik*. Bothe received the Nobel Prize in Physics and the Max Planck Medal. He died in Heidelberg.

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Nobel Prize

  • The Nobel Prize in Physics1954

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Instance of
human
Given name
Georg
Gender
male
Citizenship
Germany
Place of birth
Oranienburg
Place of death
Heidelberg
Occupation
nuclear physicist
Educated at
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Employer
Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt
Languages spoken
German
Religion
Lutheranism
Award
Max Planck Medal
Doctoral advisor
Max Planck
Student of
Arthur Wehnelt
Field of work
physics
Conflict
World War I
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Bothe.jpg
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Walther Bothe
date of birth
1891-01-08
date of death
1957-02-08
member of
Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Lower Saxony
birth name
Walther Wilhelm Georg Bothe
Erdős number
8
nominated for
Nobel Prize in Physics
name in native language
Walther Bothe
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interested in
physics
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Walther Wilhelm Georg Bothe ( German: [ˈvaltɐ ˈboːtə] ; 8 January 1891 – 8 February 1957) was a German experimental physicist who shared the 1954 Nobel Prize in Physics with Max Born "for the coincidence method and his discoveries made therewith."

Bothe served in the military during World War I from 1914, and he was a prisoner of war of the Russians, returning to Germany in 1920. Upon his return to the laboratory, he developed and applied coincidence circuits to the study of nuclear reactions, such as the Compton effect, cosmic rays, and the wave–particle duality of radiation.

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