GK QUESTION#3076
Which physicist confirmed Maxwell’s prediction by deliberately generating and detecting electromagnetic waves in the pioneering Karlsruhe experiments of 1886?
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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.