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Gustav Ludwig Hertz
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Gustav Ludwig Hertz

Scientist · born July 22, 1887 · died 1975

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Gustav Ludwig Hertz was a German experimental physicist who shared the 1925 Nobel Prize in Physics with James Franck "for their discovery of the laws governing the impact of an electron upon an atom."

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  1. ~38Received the Nobel Prize in Physics1925
  2. ~64Received the Max Planck Medal1951
  3. ~64Received the Stalin Prize1951

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Marc Hagit Cucurella

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1998 · Spain

Marc Cucurella Saseta is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a left-back or left wing-back for La Liga club Real Madrid and the Spain national team. He is considered to be one of the best left-backs in the world.

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Selman Abraham Waksman
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Selman Abraham Waksman

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1888–1973 · United States

Selman Abraham Waksman was a Russian-born American inventor, biochemist and microbiologist, whose research into the decomposition of organisms that live in soil enabled the discovery of streptomycin and several other antibiotics.

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