Walther Gerlach (1 August 1889 – 10 August 1979) was a German physicist who co-discovered, through laboratory experiment, spin quantization in a magnetic field, the Stern–Gerlach effect. The experiment was conceived by Otto Stern in 1921 and first successfully conducted by Gerlach in early 1922.
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1 August 1889 Biebrich, Germany
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Died |
10 August 1979 (aged 90) Munich, West Germany
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Zodiac | Leo |
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