Victor Franz Hess | |
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Born | Victor Franz Hess 24 June 1883 |
Died | 17 December 1964 | (aged 81)
Nationality | |
Alma mater | University of Graz University of Vienna (PhD, 1910) |
Known for | Discovery of cosmic rays |
Spouses | Marie Bertha Warner Breisky
(m. 1920–1955)Elizabeth M. Hoenke
(m. 1955–1964) |
Awards | Nobel Prize in Physics (1936) Lieben Prize (1919) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Physics |
Institutions | University of Graz Austrian Academy of Sciences University of Innsbruck Fordham University |
Victor Franz Hess (German: [ˈvɪktoːɐ̯ fʁants ˈhɛs]; 24 June 1883 – 17 December 1964) was an Austrian-American physicist, and Nobel laureate in physics, who discovered cosmic rays.[1]
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