Max von Laue

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Max von Laue was a German physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his discovery of X-ray diffraction in crystals, which provided crucial evidence for the wave nature of X-rays and the atomic structure of matter.

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instanceOf German physicist
Nobel laureate
human
physicist
awardReceived Max Planck Medal
Nobel Prize in Physics
Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts
causeOfDeath car accident
countryOfCitizenship German Empire
Germany
dateOfBirth 1879-10-09
dateOfDeath 1960-04-24
doctoralAdvisor Max Planck
educatedAt Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich NERFINISHED
University of Berlin NERFINISHED
University of Göttingen NERFINISHED
University of Strasbourg
employer Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physics
University of Berlin NERFINISHED
University of Frankfurt NERFINISHED
University of Munich NERFINISHED
University of Zurich
familyName von Laue
fieldOfWork X-ray physics
crystallography
physics
theoretical physics
givenName Max
hasWork Das Relativitätsprinzip
Relativitätstheorie
influencedBy Albert Einstein
Max Planck
knownFor X-ray diffraction in crystals
contributions to crystal structure analysis
evidence for wave nature of X-rays
memberOf German Physical Society
Prussian Academy of Sciences
nativeLanguage German
NobelPrize.category Physics
NobelPrize.motivation for his discovery of the diffraction of X-rays by crystals
NobelPrize.year 1914
notableWork discovery of X-ray diffraction in crystals
opposedTo National Socialism
participatedIn World War I
placeOfBirth Kingdom of Prussia
Koblenz
placeOfDeath Berlin
positionHeld director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physics
religion Protestantism
sexOrGender male


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