Manne Siegbahn
Swedish physicist (1886-1978) · Sweden · Scientists · Died at 91
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Karl Manne Georg Siegbahn was born in Sweden on 3 December 1886. He trained as a physicist and turned his attention to X-rays, then still a young and unruly field. His breakthroughs came in spectroscopy: he developed techniques and apparatus that let him measure X-ray wavelengths with unprecedented accuracy, revealing structure where others saw only blur. The Nobel Prize in Physics arrived in 1924, citing his discoveries and research in X-ray spectroscopy. He continued working until late in life, dying on 26 September 1978 at ninety-one.
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