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Otto Stern
February 17, 1888 – August 17, 1969
German–American physicist (1888–1969)
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Otto Stern was a German–American experimental 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."
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- Birthday · February 17
- Anniversary · August 17
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