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Philipp Eduard Anton von Lenard (German pronunciation: [ˈfɪlɪp ˈleːnaʁt] ⓘ; Hungarian: Lénárd Fülöp Eduárd Antal; 7 June 1862 – 20 May 1947) was a Hungarian-born German physicist and the winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1905 for his work on cathode rays and the discovery of many of their properties.
Jun 3, 2024 · Philipp Lenard (born June 7, 1862, Pressburg, Hung. [now Bratislava, Slovakia]—died May 20, 1947, Messelhausen, Ger.) was a German physicist and recipient of the 1905 Nobel Prize for Physics for his research on cathode rays and the discovery of many of their properties.
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Philipp Lenard was a German physicist who discovered the Lenard window and studied the photoelectric effect. He received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1905 for his work on cathode rays and the electron theory of matter.
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May 29, 2015 · How did two Nobel laureates in physics, one a genius of experiment and the other of theory, clash over their views on science and society? Learn about the personal and professional rivalry between Philipp Lenard and Albert Einstein, and how it was shaped by nationalism, anti-Semitism and Nazism.
Philipp Lenard was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on cathode rays, which led to the discovery of electrons and X-rays. He proved that cathode rays were not electromagnetic by studying them outside the glass tube with a thin aluminum window.
For research of cathode rays and photo-electricity. Philipp Lenard was born in 1862, Bratislava, in Austria-Hungary (today Slovakia). He studied physics successively at Budapest, Vienna, Berlin and Heidelberg, and received his Ph.D. at Heidelberg in 1886.
Short life history: Philipp Eduard Anton Lenard. * June 7, 1862 Preßburg, † May 20, 1947 Messelhausen. After his study of science in Budapest and Vienna and physics in Berlin and Heidelberg, Lenard obtained a doctorate in Heidelberg in 1886.
