1906+Geiger

HANS GEIGER = = Geiger was born on September,30 1882 in Germany. Geiger had fields in physics and went to the University of Erlangen. He also had influences with Ernest Rutherford & John Mitchell Nuttall.Geiger was known for Geiger-marsden experiment atomic nucleus. In 1902 Geiger was starting to study Physics and mathematics at the University of Erlangen. He was awarded doctorate in 1906. In 1909 Ernest Marsben made the famous Geiger-Marsden experiment (gold foil experiment) they both together made the Geiger counter. In 1911 Hans and John Mitchell Nuttall have discovered the Geiger-Nuttall law which later led to Rutherford's atomic model. 1928 Geiger and Walther Muller(student)created a new better version of the Geiger counter which was called the Geiger-Muller counter(also worked with James Chadwick). In 1912 hans became the leader of the Physical-Technical Reichsanstalt in Berlin,1925 professor(Kiel), 1929 became the professor in Tubingen, and the professor in Berlin in 1936. In September 24, 1945 Geiger died in potsdam a few months after World War 2. Sources: Picture/ https://reich-chemistry.wikispaces.com/Fall.2... Geiger counter/ []