Ernst Ruska
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Ernst Ruska Net Worth


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Age, Biography and Wiki

Who is it? Inventor of Electron Microscope
Birth Day December 25, 1906
Birth Place Heidelberg, German
Age 114 YEARS OLD
Died On 27 May 1988(1988-05-27) (aged 81)\nWest Berlin, Germany
Birth Sign Capricorn
Alma mater Technical University of Berlin Technical University of Munich
Known for Electron Microscopy
Awards Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research (1960) Duddell Medal and Prize (1975) Robert Koch Prize (Gold, 1986) Nobel Prize in Physics (1986)
Fields Physics
Institutions Fritz Haber Institute Technical University of Berlin
Doctoral advisor Max Knoll

💰 Net worth

Ernst Ruska, the renowned German scientist, is widely recognized for his groundbreaking invention of the electron microscope. As of 2024, Ruska's net worth is estimated to range from $100,000 to $1 million. His significant contribution to the field of microscopy has revolutionized scientific research, enabling scientists to examine previously imperceptible structures and particles at the atomic level. Ruska's brilliant invention has undoubtedly earned him substantial recognition and financial success throughout his illustrious career.

Biography/Timeline

1925

Ernst Ruska was born in Heidelberg, Germany. He was educated at the Technical University of Munich from 1925 to 1927 and then entered the Technical University of Berlin, where he posited that microscopes using electrons, with wavelengths 1000 times shorter than those of light, could provide a more detailed picture of an object than a microscope utilizing light, in which magnification is limited by the size of the wavelengths. In 1931, he demonstrated that a magnetic coil could act as an electron lens, and used several coils in a series to build the first electron microscope in 1933.

1933

After completing his PhD in 1933, Ruska continued to work in the field of electron optics, first at Fernseh Ltd in Berlin-Zehlendorf, and then from 1937 at Siemens-Reiniger-Werke AG. At Siemens, he was involved in developing the first commercially produced electron microscope in 1939. As well as developing the Technology of electron microscopy while at Siemens, Ruska also worked at other scientific institutions, and encouraged Siemens to set up a laboratory for visiting researchers, which was initially headed by Ruska's brother Helmut, a medical Doctor who developed the use of the electron microscope for medical and biological applications.

1955

After leaving Siemens in 1955, Ruska served as Director of the Institute for Electron Microscopy of the Fritz Haber Institute until 1974. Concurrently, he served at the institute and as professor at the Technical University of Berlin from 1957 until his retirement in 1974.

1960

In 1960 he won the Lasker Award. In 1986, he was awarded half of the Nobel Prize in Physics for his many achievements in electron optics; Gerd Binnig and Heinrich Rohrer won a quarter each for their design of the scanning tunneling microscope. He died in West Berlin in 1988.

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