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Also Known As Max Theodor Felix von Laue
Born October 9, 1879 • Germany
Died April 23, 1960 (aged 80) • Berlin • Germany
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize (1914)
Subjects Of Study Laue diffraction • X-ray diffraction • crystal
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