James Franck
Born26 August 1882(1882-08-26)
Hamburg, German Empire
Dee'd21 Mey 1964(1964-05-21) (aged 81)
Göttingen, Wast Germany
NaitionalityGerman
CitizenshipGermany
Unitit States
Alma materVarsity o Heidelberg
Varsity o Berlin
Kent forFranck–Condon principle
Franck–Hertz experiment
Franck Report
Awairds
  • Iron Cross, 2nt Cless (1915)
  • Hanseatic Cross (1916)
  • Iron Cross, 1st Cless (1918)
  • Nobel Prize for Pheesics (1925)
  • Max Planck Medal (1951)
  • Rumford Prize (1955)
  • Fellae o the Ryal Society (1964)
Scientific career
FieldsPheesics
InstitutionsVarsity o Berlin
Varsity o Göttingen
Johns Hopkins Varsity
Varsity o Chicago
Metallurgical Laboratory
ThesisÜber die Beweglichkeit der Ladungsträger der Spitzenentladung (1906)
Doctoral advisorEmil Gabriel Warburg
Doctoral studentsWilhelm Hanle
Arthur R. von Hippel
Theodore Puck

James Franck (26 August 1882 – 21 Mey 1964) wis a German pheesicist wha wan the 1925 Nobel Prize for Pheesics wi Gustav Hertz "for thair discovery o the laws govrenin the impact o an electron upon an atom".[1]

References

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  1. ↑ "The Nobel Prize in Physics 1925". The Nobel Foundation. Retrieved 16 Juin 2015.
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