Hans Wilhelm Geiger
1882-1945
German nuclear physicist who developed various instruments and techniques for measuring charged nuclear particles—the most famous of which is the Geiger-Mülle...
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Hans Geiger (1882-1945) invented the Geiger counter.Hans Geiger was a German nuclear physicist best known for his invention of the Geiger counter, a device used for counting atomic particles, and for ...
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Hans Geiger was a German nuclear physicist best known for his invention of the Geiger counter, a device used for counting atomic particles, and for his pioneering work in nuclear physics with Ernest R...
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Geiger was born in Neustadt an der Haardt (now Neustadt an der Weinstrasse) on September 30, 1882. After brief military service, he studied physics at the universities of Munich and Erlangen. In 1906,...
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