Max Von Laue
1879-1960
German Physicist
Max von Laue is best known for his work with the diffraction of x rays by crystalline solids, including the determination of the molecular structures of crystal...
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The son of an army official, Max von Laue lived in a number of cities during his childhood, as his father's changing assignments prompted the family's frequent moves. Though he showed an aptitude for ...
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The German physicist Max von Laue (1879-1960) was the first to use x-rays to study the arrangement of atoms in crystals. His work in x-ray crystallography earned him the Nobel Prize in physics in 1914...
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Max von Laue distinguished himself early in his career with the discovery of x-ray diffraction, a process that is now used to examine the structure of crystals and has been widely used in the research...
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