Lester Germer
id:
lester-germer-168-10347092
title:
Lester Germer
text:
Lester Halbert Germer 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. He was awarded the Elliott Cresson Medal in 1931. A former fighter pilot in World War I, Germer subsequently worked at Bell Labs in New Jersey. In 1945
brand slug:
wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
American physicist
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lester_Germer
date created:
2005-05-27T18:49:03Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T04:38:51Z
main entity:
{"identifier":"Q496877","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q496877"}
image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8d/Germer_Lester_A2.jpg","width":2417,"height":3899}
fields total:
13
integrity:
16