List of Famous people with last name Germer

Lester Germer

First Name Lester

Last Name Germer

Born on October 10, 1896

Died on October 3, 1971 (aged 74)

Born in United States of America, Illinois

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.

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