Gabriel Lippmann
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Jonas Ferdinand Gabriel Lippmann (16 August 1845 – 13 July 1921) was a Franco-Luxembourgish physicist and inventor, and Nobel laureate in physics for his method of reproducing colours photographically based on the phenomenon of interference.[2] His parents were French Jews.
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Gabriel Lippmann | |
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Born | Jonas Ferdinand Gabriel Lippmann (1845-08-16)16 August 1845 Bonnevoie/Bouneweg, Luxembourg (since 1921 part of Luxembourg City) |
Died | 13 July 1921(1921-07-13) (aged 75) SS France, Atlantic Ocean |
Nationality | French |
Alma mater | École Normale Supérieure |
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Awards | Nobel Prize for Physics (1908) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Physics |
Institutions | Sorbonne |
Doctoral advisor | Gustav Kirchhoff |
Other academic advisors | Hermann von Helmholtz[1] |
Doctoral students | Marie Curie |
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