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Max Delbrück was a German-American biophysicist who played a crucial role in launching the molecular biology research program, stimulating physical scientists' interest in biology, and making significant discoveries concerning the replication mechanism and genetic structure of viruses. Alongside [[salvador-luria|Salvador Luria]] and [[alfred-hershey|Alfred Hershey]], Delbrück formed the Phage Group in 1945, which led to substantial headway in genetics. He was also the first physicist to predict Delbrück scattering, a phenomenon that bears his name. Delbrück's work had a profound impact on the field of genetics, influencing scientists such as [[james-watson|James Watson]] and [[francis-crick|Francis Crick]].