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Born January 18, 1880 • Vienna • Austria
Died September 25, 1933 (aged 53) • Amsterdam • Netherlands
Subjects Of Study blackbody radiation • quantum
Max Planck
Max Planck
German physicist
Erwin Schrödinger
Erwin Schrödinger
Austrian physicist
Boltzmann, Ludwig Eduard
Ludwig Boltzmann
Austrian physicist
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Josef Stefan
Austrian physicist
Neils Bohr
Niels Bohr
Danish physicist
Enrico Fermi
Enrico Fermi
Italian-born American scientist
P.A.M. Dirac
P.A.M. Dirac
English physicist
Hans Bethe.
Hans Bethe
American physicist
J. Robert Oppenheimer
J. Robert Oppenheimer
American physicist
Louis-Victor de Broglie
Louis de Broglie
French physicist
John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh
Lord Rayleigh
British scientist
Max Born
Max Born
German physicist
J. Willard Gibbs
J. Willard Gibbs
American scientist
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David Bohm
American physicist
Laughlin, Robert B.
Robert B. Laughlin
American physicist
Karl Schwarzschild
Karl Schwarzschild
German astronomer
Michel H. Devoret
Michel H. Devoret
French physicist
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Daniel C. Tsui
American physicist
Störmer, Horst L.
Horst L. Störmer
German-American physicist
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Hans Georg Dehmelt
American physicist

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