| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physics | 
| Year: | 1957 | 
| Number: | 51 - 0 | 
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| Nominee 1: 
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| Name: | Hans  Busch | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1884 | 
| Year, Death: | 1973 | 
| Profession: | Professor Em | 
| City: | Darmstadt | 
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) | 
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| Nominee 2: 
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| Name: | Ernst August Friedrich  Ruska | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1906 | 
| Year, Death: | 1988 | 
| Profession: | Dr | 
| University: | Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck Gesellschaft | 
| City: | Berlin | 
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) | 
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1986 | 
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| Nominee 3: 
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| Name: | Max  Knoll | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1897 | 
| Year, Death: | 1969 | 
| Profession: | Dr | 
| University: | Princeton University | 
| City: | Princeton | 
| State: | NJ | 
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) | 
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| Nominator: 
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| Name: | W  Lochte-Holtgreven | 
| City: | Kiel | 
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) | 
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