Medal / large plaque – Louis de Broglie – signed Manuel Garcia
In bronze
Weight: 313.1 g
Dimensions: 84.5 x 110 mm
Obverse:
Bust of the mathematician and physicist Louis de Broglie , Duke of Broglie, Nobel Prize in Physics in 1929 for his discovery of the wave nature of electrons.
Inscription: Louis de Broglie
Signature: Mr Garcia
Reverse:
Formula*: λ = h / mv
*any particle of mass m, moving at speed v, is associated with a monochromatic wave of wavelength λ
Centenary
of
Louis de Broglie
1892-1992
Edge:
Blank without punching or marking
Anecdote: why do we pronounce it “Breuille” and not “Bro-gli”?
Because the name Broglie comes from Piedmontese, a language of Italy. In this language, gli corresponds to a single sound, the wet l , noted [ʎ], whose pronunciation is close to [j], as at the end of the word famille. We should therefore pronounce[bʁɔj] , “ broille ”, and this is also the pronunciation that is most often given in dictionaries. However, the pronunciation of this surname seems to have evolved in French, so that today the pronunciation “breuille” is much more widespread.
