Paul Scherrer
Paul Hermann Scherrer (3 February 1890 – 25 September 1969) was a Swiss physicist. Born in St. Gallen, Switzerland, he studied at Göttingen, Germany, before becoming a lecturer there. Later, Scherrer became head of the Department of Physics at ETH Zurich.
Paul Scherrer | |
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Born | Paul Hermann Scherrer 3 February 1890 |
Died | 25 September 1969 79) Zurich, Switzerland | (aged
Nationality | Swiss |
Alma mater | Swiss Federal Polytechnic University of Göttingen |
Known for | Debye–Scherrer method Scherrer equation |
Awards | Marcel Benoist Prize (1943) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Physicist |
Institutions | ETH Zurich University of Göttingen |
Doctoral advisor | Peter Debye |
Doctoral students | Felix Boehm Egon Bretscher Hans Frauenfelder Bernd T. Matthias Julius Adams Stratton Fritz Zwicky |
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