George Placzek

George Placzek
Born
Georg Placzek

(1905-09-26)September 26, 1905
Brno, Moravia, Austria-Hungary
DiedOctober 9, 1955(1955-10-09) (aged 50)
Zürich, Switzerland
SpouseEls Andriesse

George Placzek (German: Georg Placzek; September 26, 1905 – October 9, 1955) was a Czech physicist. His work involved a fundamental theory of Raman scattering, molecular spectroscopy in gases and liquids, neutron physics and mathematical physics.

Together with Otto Frisch, he suggested a direct experimental proof of nuclear fission. Together with Niels Bohr and others, he was instrumental in clarifying the role of uranium-235 for the possibility of nuclear chain reaction.

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