Max Von Laue: Intrepid and True: A Biography of the Physics Nobel Laureate

by Jost Lemmerich

This biography gives an insider view of 20th century German science in the making. The discovery by Max von Laue in 1912 of interference effects demonstrated the wave-like nature of X-rays and the atomic lattice structure of crystals. This major advance for research on solids earned him the Nobel Prize two years later, the ultimate acclaim as an exceptional theoretician. As an early supporter of Einstein's relativity theory, he published fundamental...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030946983
• ISBN13: 9783030946982
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 413 Pages
• Weight: 1.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"