Erich Regener
German physicist
Born on: November 12, 1881Died on: February 27, 1955
Aged: 73 years 107 days (879 months)
Nationality: German
Birth Sign: Scorpio
Erich Rudolf Alexander Regener was a German physicist known primarily for the design and construction of instruments to measure cosmic ray intensity at various altitudes.
He is also known for predicting a 2.8 K for the temperature of the cosmic microwave background, for the invention of the scintillation counter which contributed to the discovery of the structure of the atom, for his calculation of the charge of an electron and for his early work on atmospheric ozone.
He is also credited with the first use of rockets for scientific research.
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