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Gustav Ludwig Hertz
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<p>Gustav Ludwig Hertz (German: [ˈɡʊs.taf ˈluːt.vɪç hɛʁt͡s] ⓘ; 22 July 1887 – 30 October 1975) was a German <a href="/facts/Atomic_physicist/7Jlm4I7k">atomic physicist</a> who shared the 1925 <a href="/facts/Nobel_Prize_in_Physics/o6w1nCbr">Nobel Prize in Physics</a> with <a href="/facts/James_Franck/SooVoCUz">James Franck</a> "for their discovery of the laws governing the impact of an <a href="/facts/Electron/L0KBo5cW">electron</a> upon an <a href="/facts/Atom/69syB8dH">atom</a>". </p>