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Also Known As Louis-Victor, 7e duc de Broglie • Louis-Victor-Pierre-Raymond, 7e duc de Broglie
Born August 15, 1892 • Dieppe • France
Died March 19, 1987 (aged 94) • France • (Anniversary in 5 days)
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize (1929)
House / Dynasty Broglie family
Subjects Of Study de Broglie wave • electron • quantum • wave-particle duality

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