James Franck
German physicist, 1882-1964
Franck became Director of the Second Institute for Experimental Physics at the University of Göttingen (1920). There he worked on quantum physics with Max Born. His work included the Franck–Hertz experiment, an important confirmation of the Bohr model of the atom, he won the 1925 Nobel Prize for Physics with Gustav Hertz. In 1933, Franck resigned his post and moved to the United States. Franck participated in the Manhattan Project. He was also the chairman of the Committee on Political and Social Problems regarding the atomic bomb, which is best known for the compilation of the Franck Report, which recommended that the atomic bombs not be used on the Japanese cities without warning.
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