Max von Laue Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
Max von Laue (
October 9,
1879 -
April 24,
1960) was a German
physicist, who studied under
Max Planck. From 1919 he was professor of theoretical physics at the
University of Berlin. He worked out a method for measuring
X-ray wavelengths, in which a
crystal (rock salt) is used, producing
diffraction of the rays. For this work, which also made possible a closer study of
crystal structure (a method called
X-ray crystallography), he received the 1914
Nobel Prize in Physics.
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