Rudolf Mössbauer
German nuclear physicist and Noble Prize in Physics
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German physicist who won the 1961 Nobel Prize for discovering the Mössbauer effect, a phenomenon that became foundational for spectroscopy. His name stuck to the discovery itself—not many physicists get that kind of naming rights.
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Rudolf Ludwig Mössbauer was a German physicist who shared the 1961 Nobel Prize in Physics with Robert Hofstadter for his discovery of the Mössbauer effect, which is the basis for Mössbauer spectroscopy.
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