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Also Known As Johannes Wilhelm Geiger
Born September 30, 1882 • Neustadt an der Weinstrasse • Germany
Died September 24, 1945 (aged 62) • Potsdam • Germany
Subjects Of Study Compton effect • coincidence counting • cosmic ray • radiation • radioactivity

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