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Otto Laporte

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Physicist, quantum mechanics, electromagnetic wave propagation theory, spectroscopy, fluid dynamics (1902-1971)

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Otto Laporte was a German-born American physicist and professor at the University of Michigan, who made contributions to quantum mechanics, electromagnetic wave propagation theory, spectroscopy, and fluid dynamics.

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Fellow of the American Physical Society

Scientists from Germany 6

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Otto Laporte was a German-born American physicist and professor at the University of Michigan, who made contributions to quantum mechanics, electromagnetic wave propagation theory, spectroscopy, and fluid dynamics. His name is lent to the Laporte rule in spectroscopy and to the Otto Laporte Award of the American Physical Society.

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Germany
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Scientists
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Scientist
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deceased
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Lived 1902 to 1971 · aged 68
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