Lester Germer

Lester Halbert Germer was an American physicist. With Clinton Davisson, he proved the wave-particle duality of matter in the Davisson–Germer experiment, which was important to the development of the electron microscope. These studies supported the theoretical work of De Broglie.

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Who was born first?

• Lester Germer and Dmitry Dmitrievich Maksutov were born the same year
• Lester Germer and Kazimierz Kuratowski were born the same year
• Lester Germer and Gerty Cori were born the same year
• Lester Germer and Fritz Julius Kuhn were born the same year
• Lester Germer and Robert S. Mulliken were born the same year

Timeline

1. Dmitry Dmitrievich MaksutovApril 11, 1896 – August 12, 1964
2. Fritz Julius KuhnMay 15, 1896 – December 14, 1951
3. Gerty CoriAugust 15, 1896 – October 26, 1957
4. Kazimierz KuratowskiFebruary 2, 1896 – June 18, 1980
5. Lester Germer (this page)October 10, 1896 – October 3, 1971
6. Robert S. MullikenJune 7, 1896 – October 31, 1986

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• Albert EinsteinMarch 14, 1879 – April 18, 1955
• Isaac NewtonDecember 25, 1642 – March 20, 1727
• Johann Wolfgang von GoetheAugust 28, 1749 – March 22, 1832
• Galileo GalileiFebruary 15, 1564 – January 8, 1642
• Immanuel KantApril 22, 1724 – February 12, 1804
• René DescartesMarch 31, 1596 – February 11, 1650
• Thomas EdisonFebruary 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931
• Marie CurieNovember 7, 1867 – July 4, 1934