Hans Geiger

Johannes "Hans" Wilhelm Geiger 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.

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Who was born first?

• Hans Geiger and Percy Williams Bridgman were born the same year
• Hans Geiger and Éamon de Valera were born the same year
• Hans Geiger and Robert H. Goddard were born the same year
• Hans Geiger and Ștefania Mărăcineanu were born the same year
• Hans Geiger and Eugène Joseph Delporte were born the same year

Timeline

1. Éamon de ValeraOctober 14, 1882 – August 29, 1975
2. Eugène Joseph DelporteJanuary 10, 1882 – October 19, 1955
3. Hans Geiger (this page)September 30, 1882 – September 24, 1945
4. Percy Williams BridgmanApril 21, 1882 – August 20, 1961
5. Robert H. GoddardOctober 5, 1882 – August 10, 1945
6. Ștefania MărăcineanuJune 18, 1882 – 1944

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• Isaac NewtonDecember 25, 1642 – March 20, 1727
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• Immanuel KantApril 22, 1724 – February 12, 1804
• René DescartesMarch 31, 1596 – February 11, 1650
• Marie CurieNovember 7, 1867 – July 4, 1934
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