Max von Laue

<p>Max Theodor Felix von Laue (German: [ˈmaks fɔn ˈlaʊə] ⓘ; 9 October 1879 – 24 April 1960) was a German <a href="/facts/Physicist/cQcgvSIm">physicist</a> who received the <a href="/facts/Nobel_Prize_in_Physics/o6w1nCbr">Nobel Prize in Physics</a> in 1914 "for his discovery of the <a href="/facts/Diffraction/Mk80xXHT">diffraction</a> of <a href="/facts/X-rays/wseP79cN">X-rays</a> by crystals".
</p><p>In addition to his scientific endeavors with contributions in <a href="/facts/Optics/p0vq4S1T">optics</a>, <a href="/facts/Crystallography/9B5toeqG">crystallography</a>, <a href="/facts/Quantum_mechanics/BRc3Mzgr">quantum theory</a>, <a href="/facts/Superconductivity/pqQAlSzJ">superconductivity</a>, and the <a href="/facts/Theory_of_relativity/qGHj3eTC">theory of relativity</a>, Laue had a number of administrative positions which advanced and guided <a href="/facts/Science_and_technology_in_Germany/I99oAfkQ">German scientific research and development</a> during four decades. A strong objector to  <a href="/facts/Nazism/JjsMI4lE">Nazism</a>, he was instrumental in re-establishing and organizing German science after <a href="/facts/World_War_II/2efV5L1U">World War II</a>.
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Max von Laue