The Nobel Prize in Physics 1944
Awarded on: 1944-11-09
"for his contribution to the development of the molecular ray method and his discovery of the magnetic moment of the proton"
Affiliations:
- Carnegie Institute of Technology – Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Otto Stern
Born: 1888-02-17 in Sorau, Germany (now Zory, Poland)
Gender: male
Field: German-American physicist (1888–1969)
Biography
Otto Stern was a German-American physicist. He is the second most nominated person for a Nobel Prize, with 82 nominations during the years 1925–1945. In 1943, he received the Nobel Prize in Physics "for his contribution to the development of the molecular ray method and his discovery of the magnetic moment of the proton".