# Rudolf Mössbauer

> A German physicist who found a way to measure atomic nuclei with such absurd precision that gamma rays could detect motion slower than a crawl — and won a Nobel at 32 for it.

*German nuclear physicist and Noble Prize in Physics*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Country:** Germany
- **Born:** 1929-01-31
- **Died:** 2011-09-14
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Rudolf Ludwig Mössbauer was born on 31 January 1929 in Germany. Working in physics, he discovered what became known as the Mössbauer effect, a phenomenon that allowed scientists to measure incredibly fine changes in atomic nuclei using gamma-ray absorption. The discovery was fundamental enough that it spawned an entire field: Mössbauer spectroscopy. In 1961, still in his early thirties, he shared the Nobel Prize in Physics with Robert Hofstadter. He died on 14 September 2011.

## Fame
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## Topics
#Scientists, #Scientist, #Physics, #Germany, #Europe, #20th Century

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