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GK QUESTION#3076

Which physicist confirmed Maxwell’s prediction by deliberately generating and detecting electromagnetic waves in the pioneering Karlsruhe experiments of 1886?

  1. AMichael Faraday
  2. BGuglielmo Marconi
  3. CWilliam Hopkins
  4. DHeinrich HertzCorrect answer
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D. Heinrich Hertz

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Heinrich Hertz generated and detected electromagnetic waves in his Karlsruhe experiments, confirming Maxwell’s prediction. KIT dates his pioneering experiment to November 1886, with further wave-property experiments afterward. This is distinct from Hertz’s ultraviolet-related photoelectric observations in 1887.

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