Louis De Broglie Facts
Louis De Broglie Facts
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| Louis de Broglie was born into a noble family in Dieppe and he became ducin 1960 when his older brother died. |
| His first degree was in history but he earned subsequent degrees in mathematics and physics. |
| In 1924 he published his doctoral thesis, Recherches sur la theorie des quanta (Research on the Theory of the Quanta) which included his wave-particle duality theory. |
| Because the material was new the examiners were unsure of its validity and gave the paper to Albert Einstein. |
| Einstein concurred and de Broglie received his PhD in Physics. |
| De Broglie theory that any moving particle or object had an associated wave led to the creation of the new field of wave mechanics and earned him a Nobel Prize in Physics in 1929. |
| He wrote several works on the philosophy of science and the value of scientific discoveries. |
| He studied the hidden thermodynamics of isolated particles and his theory brings back the uncertainty principle. |
| In 1929 he was awarded the Henri Poincare Medal and in 1932 received the Albert i of Monaco Prize. |
| In 1933 he was elected a member of the Academie des sciences and on October 12, 1944 he was elected to the Academie francaise. |
| In 1934 he theorized that the photon is equivalent to the fusion of two neutrinos and that both have mass at rest. |
| In 1938 he was awarded the Max Planck Medal. |
| In 1952 he received UNESCO's first Kalinga Prize for his work in popularizing science. |
| In 1961 he became a Knight of the Grand Cross in the Legion d'honneur. |
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