Born | March 24, 1884, Maastricht, Netherlands |
Died | November 2, 1966, Ithaca, New York, US |
Citizenship | Netherlands / United States |
Fields | Physics, Chemistry |
Institutions | University of Zurich (1911–12), University of Utrecht (1912–14), University of Göttingen (1914–20), ETH Zurich (1920–27), University of Leipzig (1927–34), University of Berlin (1934–39), Cornell University (1940–50) |
Alma mater | RWTH Aachen, University of Munich |
Doctoral students | Lars Onsager, Paul Scherrer, George K. Fraenkel, Fritz Zwicky |
Known for | Debye model, Debye relaxation, Debye frequency |
Notable awards | Rumford Medal (1930), Faraday Lectureship Prize (1933), Lorentz Medal (1935), Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1936), Willard Gibbs Award (1949), Max Planck Medal (1950), Priestley Medal (1963), National Medal of Science (1965) |
About Peter Debye
Physicist Peter Debye was born on March 24, 1884 in Netherlands (He dies at the age of 82, on November 2, 1966).
A Dutch-American physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on X-ray diffraction in 1936. There has been a lot of speculation regarding his participation in WWII, with some claiming he was a Nazi agent who helped purge German science institutions of Jews, while others allege he was a British spy.
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Peter Debye before becoming famous
Peter Debye was born in the Zodiac sign Aries (The Ram), and 1884 is also the year of Monkey (猴) in the Chinese Zodiac.
In 1905, he earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering.
Achievement of Peter Debye
He determined the size and molecular weight of polymer molecules using light scattering techniques.
Peter Debye's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship
With his wife Mathilde Alberer, whom he married in 1913, he had a son and a daughter.
Peter Debye Collabed with
He had a tumultuous connection with Physicist Albert Einstein, a fellow scientist.
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