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Lester Germer

1896 - 1971

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Lester Halbert Germer (October 10, 1896 – October 3, 1971) was an American physicist. With Clinton Davisson, he proved the wave-particle duality of matter in the Davisson–Germer experiment, which was important to the development of the electron microscope. These studies supported the theoretical work of De Broglie. He also studied thermionics, erosion of metals, and contact physics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lester Germer is the 513th most popular physicist, the 4,619th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,101st in 2019) and the 107th most popular American Physicist.

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Among physicists, Lester Germer ranks 513 out of 851. Before him are Dmitri Ivanenko, Frederick Guthrie, Nicola Cabibbo, George Zweig, Jeremiah P. Ostriker, and G. M. B. Dobson. After him are Yakir Aharonov, Ivan Puluj, Louis-François-Clement Breguet, Clyde Cowan, Edoardo Amaldi, and Konstantin Novoselov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, Lester Germer ranks 144. Before him are Dodie Smith, Alberto Demicheli, Maurice De Waele, Árpád Weisz, D. R. Bendre, and Ken Myers. After him are Prince Wolfgang of Hesse, Edward Arthur Milne, Raymond Massey, Franz Blücher, Frank Loomis, and Norman Thomas Gilroy. Among people deceased in 1971, Lester Germer ranks 108. Before him are Dimitrios Loundras, Thomas E. Dewey, Aleksandr Tvardovsky, Broncho Billy Anderson, Péter Szondi, and Phil Edwards. After him are Henri Tomasi, Edith Tolkien, William Tubman, Walter Byron, Ignazio Giunti, and Frank Loomis.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lester Germer ranks 4,619 out of 20,380. Before him are Frank Beard (1949), Hunter Schafer (1998), John Stockton (1962), Gale Sondergaard (1899), Pat Flaherty (1926), and Jill St. John (1940). After him are Luke Harper (1979), Henry Darger (1892), Robert Taylor (1948), Elmore James (1918), Charles Fox Parham (1873), and Peter Hyams (1943).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United States

Among physicists born in United States, Lester Germer ranks 107. Before him are Mildred Dresselhaus (1930), Alan Sokal (1955), Robert Brout (1928), Theodore Hall (1925), Robert Serber (1909), and Jeremiah P. Ostriker (1937). After him are Clyde Cowan (1919), David J. Griffiths (1942), Maurice Karnaugh (1924), Leona Woods (1919), Ira Sprague Bowen (1898), and Gerard K. O'Neill (1927).

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