Louis de Broglie

Louis Victor Pierre Raymond, 7th Duc de Broglie was a French theoretical physicist and aristocrat known for his contributions to quantum theory. In his 1924 Ph.D. thesis, he postulated the wave nature of electrons and suggested that all matter has wave properties.

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Who was born first?

• Louis de Broglie and Arthur Holly Compton were born the same year
• Louis de Broglie and George Paget Thomson were born the same year
• Louis de Broglie and Edward Victor Appleton were born the same year
• Louis de Broglie and Corneille Heymans were born the same year
• Louis de Broglie and Alice Augusta Ball were born the same year

Timeline

1. Alice Augusta BallJuly 24, 1892 – December 31, 1916
2. Arthur Holly ComptonSeptember 10, 1892 – March 15, 1962
3. Corneille HeymansMarch 28, 1892 – July 18, 1968
4. Edward Victor AppletonSeptember 6, 1892 – April 21, 1965
5. George Paget ThomsonMay 3, 1892 – September 10, 1975
6. Louis de Broglie (this page)August 15, 1892 – March 19, 1987

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• Marie CurieNovember 7, 1867 – July 4, 1934
• Nicolaus CopernicusFebruary 19, 1473 – May 24, 1543
• Louis PasteurDecember 27, 1822 – September 28, 1895
• Gottfried Wilhelm LeibnizJune 21, 1646 – November 14, 1716