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Rudolf Mössbauer

1929 - 2011

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Rudolf Ludwig Mössbauer (German: [ˈʁuːdɔlf ˈmœsˌbaʊ̯ɐ] ; 31 January 1929 – 14 September 2011) was a German physicist who shared the 1961 Nobel Prize in Physics with Robert Hofstadter for his discovery of the Mössbauer effect, which is the basis for Mössbauer spectroscopy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rudolf Mössbauer is the 145th most popular physicist (down from 139th in 2019), the 365th most popular biography from Germany (up from 457th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular German Physicist.

Rudolf Mössbauer is most famous for his research into gamma-ray spectroscopy. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1961 for this work.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Rudolf Mössbauer ranks 145 out of 851. Before him are C. V. Raman, Arno Allan Penzias, Pavel Cherenkov, Benoît Paul Émile Clapeyron, Roger Penrose, and Louis Néel. After him are Kai Siegbahn, Clifford Shull, John Bardeen, Nicolaas Bloembergen, George Paget Thomson, and Walter Houser Brattain.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Rudolf Mössbauer ranks 27. Before him are Irene Papas, Michael Ende, Jean Baudrillard, Frank Gehry, Tigran Petrosian, and Max von Sydow. After him are Sándor Kocsis, James Hong, Babrak Karmal, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Djalma Santos, and Richard E. Taylor. Among people deceased in 2011, Rudolf Mössbauer ranks 18. Before him are Burhanuddin Rabbani, Sócrates, Sathya Sai Baba, Svetlana Alliluyeva, Rosalyn Sussman Yalow, and Simon van der Meer. After him are Ágota Kristóf, Joe Frazier, Herbert A. Hauptman, Jack LaLanne, William Lipscomb, and Annie Girardot.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Rudolf Mössbauer ranks 365 out of 7,253. Before him are Hermann Ebbinghaus (1850), Rudolf Carnap (1891), Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist (1881), Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria (1662), Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse (1868), and Ludwig Beck (1880). After him are August von Mackensen (1849), Ernst Otto Fischer (1918), Martin Waldseemüller (1470), Thomas Müntzer (1489), Hermann Müller (1876), and Adolf Dassler (1900).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Germany

Among physicists born in Germany, Rudolf Mössbauer ranks 22. Before him are Walther Bothe (1891), Ernst Ruska (1906), Joseph von Fraunhofer (1787), Carl Zeiss (1816), James Franck (1882), and Arno Allan Penzias (1933). After him are George Paget Thomson (1892), Hans Georg Dehmelt (1922), Gerd Binnig (1947), Ernst Abbe (1840), Polykarp Kusch (1911), and Julius von Mayer (1814).

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