Hans Geiger
was born in Neustadt, Germany, in 1882.
He studied physics in Munich and Erlangen before moving to Manchester
to study under Ernest
Rutherford.
Over the next couple of years Geiger studied the mathematical relationship
between the amount of alpha scattering and atomic weight.
When Geiger
returned to Germany in 1912 and was appointed as head of the Physikalische
Technische Reichsanstalt in Berlin. He continued to work in the field
of atomic research and in 1928 he produced an instrument that could
detect and count alpha particles called the Geiger Counter.
In later
years Geiger concentrated on researching cosmic radiation. Hans Geiger
died in 1945.
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