The German engineer Ernst August Friedrich Ruska (1906-1988) designed and built the first electron microscope, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1986.The electron microscope, like...
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The inventor of the electron microscope, Ernst Ruska, combined an academic career in physics and electrical engineering with work in private industry at several of Germany's top electrical corporation...
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Ruska was born in Heidelberg, Germany, on December 25, 1906. He wasthe fifth child of Julius Ferdinand Ruska, an Asian studies professor, and Elisabeth (Merx) Ruska. After receiving his undergraduate ...
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Ernst August Friedrich Ruska
Ernst Ruska
Ernst Ruska