Talk:Hans Geiger

Naziism
I have re-instated the line about Geiger's Naziism, as it is confirmed in Bill Bryson's "A Short History of Nearly Everything" in the footnote on page 183, which is a very thoroughly-researched book with 17 pages of bibliography. Does anyone know another(online or tree-based) reference on that, the nearest i can find is, which doesn't explicitly say he was a Nazi, but does tell of how his feelings towards his jewish colleagues changed when the Nazis came to power. boffy_b 21:25, 12 May 2005 (UTC)

Contradiction
The article states in the first paragraph that Geiger invented the Geiger Counter with Walther Müller, but later it states that Ernest Rutherford was the other inventor - which is it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zvernon (talk • contribs) 21:28, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
 * I've fixed it. The original version was created with Rutherford, and an improved version was created with Müller. Tim314 01:29, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

Alleged "betrayal" of his Jewish colleagues
I deleted the following sentence from the article: His loyalty to the Nazi Party led him to betray his Jewish colleagues, many of whom had helped him in his research before he became a member of the Nazi Party. The only given source is the webpage A page which mentions Geiger's lack of solidarity towards his Jewish colleagues in the external source section. Having read through this page, I only found that he wrote back a letter without sympathies to one Jewish colleague, without real information about the content of this letter given. So, the accusation "he betrayed his Jewish colleagues" (plural) seems much too far fetched to me. With a phrase like this the uninformed reader might think that he actively reported colleagues to the Nazis or helped in deporting his colleagues. Unless more credible sources are given, I think that the former mentioned sentence should be deleted, and that's what I did. Cheers, MikeZ 07:49, 2 January 2007 (UTC)


 * And the link is now dead, so I have removed it.
 * -anon — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.255.23.186 (talk) 03:00, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

Pronunciation?
I've heard Geiger pronounced several different ways, (gee-gehr, guy-sher, etc.) and I'm a bit embarrassed to say I don't know how to say it correctly either. Could someone more familiar with the IPA do an edit adding it? ~SkyWulf 17:17, 15 January 2010 (UTC) I'm in the Geiger family and it's pronounced (guy-grr) that will help your problem! - GoGeigers (Madison Leigh Geiger) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.233.156.138 (talk) 22:02, 28 May 2010 (UTC)
 * i confirm that, i m german--92.203.100.141 (talk) 10:11, 5 April 2012 (UTC)

Death
Was his death related to radiation? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.245.114.202 (talk) 12:13, 17 January 2012 (UTC) No, Geiger did not die as a result of radiation. Starting in 1940, he suffered from arthritis. At the end of World War II, he was living near Babelsberg, a suburb of Potsdam, which in turn is southwest of Berlin. Occupying forces seized his house and he was evicted. With no belongings, he found a place to stay in Potsdam, but the experience proved too hard on him, so he died on September 24, 1945 at age 62. See: Gale Encyclopedia of Biography -- http://www.answers.com/topic/geiger-johannes-wilhelm. Cwkmail (talk) 21:03, 6 May 2012 (UTC)

Questioned reference
Someone said that they couldn't find the following reference, which I cited in the article on Geiger: H. Geiger (1913) "Über eine einfache Methode zur Zählung von α- und β-Strahlen" (On a simple method for counting α- and β-rays), Verhandlungen der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft, vol. 15, pages 534-539. However, you can see the citation here: http://books.google.com/books?id=cpktAQAAMAAJ&q=534.

P.S. Please do not muck about with my citations. I devote a lot of time and effort to finding them.

Cwkmail (talk) 20:29, 6 May 2012 (UTC)

"This process allowed them to count alpha particles"
It is unclear to me what process the article is referring to. Only the Geiger-Marsden experiemnt is mentioned.Chris2crawford (talk) 16:50, 15 January 2022 (UTC)