Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physics
Year:1929
Number:17 - 2
 
Nominee 1:
Name:Friedrich Paschen
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1865
Country:GERMANY (DE)
 
Nominee 2:
Name:Arnold Sommerfeld
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1868
Year, Death:1951
Country:GERMANY (DE)
 
 
Nominator:
Name:James Franck
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1882
Year, Death:1964
Profession:previous winner of a Nobel prize in physics, 1925
University:University of Göttingen
City:Göttingen
Country:GERMANY (DE)
 
Comments: First choice: O. Stern and R.W. Wood, divided (see entry 17-1, 1929). Second choice: F. Paschen and A. Sommerfeld, divided. Third choice: L. de Broglie and C.J. Davisson, divided (see entry 17-3, 1929). Fourth choice: E. Warburg (see entry 17-3, 1929).