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“The Laboratory for Radioactivity consisted of only two rooms at the time; at a later date, when tests of radioactive substances became more extensive, it expanded into four rooms.”

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Walther Bothe
Walther Bothe

Walther Bothe was a German physicist born on January 8, 1891, and died on February 8, 1957. He made significant contributions to nuclear physics, particularly in the study of nuclear fission. Bothe, along with Otto Hahn, discovered the phenomenon of nuclear fission, which had a profound impact on the development of atomic energy. more

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