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What year did de Broglie win the Nobel Prize?

  • 1923

  • 1931

  • 1929

  • 1935

Answer

The Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Louis de Broglie in 1929 for his discovery of the wave nature of electrons, often referred to as the de Broglie hypothesis. This breakthrough challenged the prevailing notion of electrons as solely particles, paving the way for quantum mechanics and significantly influencing the field of physics.
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