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Hans Geiger, German physicist and academic, co-invented the Geiger counter (born 1882)
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German nuclear physicist (1882–1945)
Johannes Wilhelm Geiger was a German nuclear physicist. He is known as the inventor of the Geiger counter, a device used to detect ionizing radiation, and for carrying out the Rutherford scattering experiments, which led to the discovery of the atomic nucleus. He also performed…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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Instrument used for measuring ionizing radiation
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