George Uhlenbeck and Samuel Goudsmit postulate electron spin

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In 1925 American physicists George Eugene Uhlenbeck (6th December, 1900 - 31st October, 1988), and Samuel Abraham Goudsmit (11th July, 1902 - 4th December, 1978) jointly proposed the concept of electron spin.

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