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Max von Laue
Max Theodor Felix von Laue was a German physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1914 "for his discovery of the diffraction of X-rays by crystals."
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science · German physicist (1879–1960) · physicist · university teacher · crystallographer · also Max von Laue, Max Theodor Felix von Laue, Laue
Born 9 October 1879 · Died 24 April 1960 · Q57067
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2004· 1 entry
idw: Max von Laue und die PTB - eine Vaterschaftsgeschichte
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1960· 1 entry
Died 1960-04-24.
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1959· 2 entries
Won Ernst Reuter Medal (1959).
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Won Helmholtz Medal (1959).
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1953· 1 entry
At the request of Laue, the institute was renamed the Fritz-Haber-Institut für physikalische Chemie und Elektrochemie der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
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1952· 1 entry
Awarded X-ray badge (1952).
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1950· 1 entry
Participated in the creation of the Verband Deutscher Physikalischer Gesellschaften, formerly affiliated under the Nordwestdeutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft
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1949· 1 entry
Awarded Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1949).
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1948· 1 entry
The President of the American Physical Society asked Laue to report on the status of physics in Germany; his report was published in 1949 in the American Journal of Physics
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1946· 1 entry
Initiated the founding of the German Physical Society in only the British Occupation Zone, as the Allied Control Council would not initially allow organizations across occupation zone boundaries
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1943· 1 entry
To avoid casualties to the personnel, the KWIP moved to Hechingen
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1934· 1 entry
And attendance at a commemoration for Haber are examples that clearly illustrate Laue's open opposition that earned him multiple government reprimands
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1933· 1 entry
From his advisory position by Johannes Stark, Nobel Prize recipient and President of the Physikalisch-Technische Reichsanstalt, in retribution for Laue's open opposition to the Nazis by blocking Stark's regular membershi
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1932· 2 entries
Won Max Planck Medal (1932).
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Showed that the threshold of the applied magnetic field which destroys superconductivity varies with the shape of the body
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1924· 2 entries
Awarded honorary member of the German Mineralogical Society (1924).
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Awarded honorary member of the Physics Association (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) (1924).
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1922· 1 entry
Was appointed deputy director, whereupon he took over the administrative duties from Einstein
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1921· 1 entry
Won Adolf-von-Baeyer Gold Medal (1921).
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1919· 2 entries
Other notables were Walther Nernst, Fritz Haber, and James Franck
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Wished to become the Führer of German physics and was a proponent of Deutsche Physik
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1914· 4 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics — for his discovery of the diffraction of X-rays by crystals.
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Awarded Nobel Prize in Physics (1914).
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Won Matteucci Medal (1914).
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"for his discovery of the diffraction of X-rays by crystals
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1913· 1 entry
That Laue's father, Julius Laue, a civil servant in the military administration, was raised into the ranks of hereditary nobility, thus he became Max von Laue
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1912· 1 entry
Laue became Professor of Physics at the University of Zurich, and in 1914 was appointed Ordinarius Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Frankfurt am Main
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1910· 1 entry
Laue married Magdalene Degen, with whom he had two children
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1909· 1 entry
Laue became a Privatdozent at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
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1906· 2 entries
Laue became a Privatdozent at the University of Berlin
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Completed his habilitation under Arnold Sommerfeld at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
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1902· 1 entry
After one semester at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Laue went to the Friedrich Wilhelm University of Berlin, where he studied under Max Planck, who gave birth to the quantum theory revolution on 14 December
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1898· 1 entry
After passing his Abitur, Laue did one year of military service, after which he started to study mathematics, physics, and chemistry at the University of Strassburg
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1879· 1 entry
Born 1879-10-09.
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