Gustav Hertz

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Definition Proper noun A German physicist who, with James Franck, conducted a pivotal experiment (the Franck–Hertz experiment) that provided crucial evidence for the existence of quantized, stationary energy states in atoms, a key postulate of Niels Bohr's atomic model. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1925 for this work. Usage The term "Gustav Hertz" is used primarily to refer to t...