Nobel Prize Winners

The Nobel Prize in Physics 1980 was awarded jointly to James Watson Cronin and Val Logsdon Fitch for the discovery of violations of fundamental symmetry principles in the decay of neutral K-mesons

The Nobel Prize in Physics 1979 was awarded jointly to Sheldon Lee Glashow, Abdus Salam and Steven Weinberg for their contributions to the theory of the unified weak and electromagnetic interaction between elementary particles, including, inter alia, the prediction of the weak neutral current.

The Nobel Prize in Physics 1978 was divided, one half awarded to Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa for his basic inventions and discoveries in the area of low-temperature physics,the other half jointly to Arno Allan Penzias and Robert Woodrow Wilson for their discovery of cosmic microwave background radiation.

The Nobel Prize in Physics 1978 was divided, one half awarded to Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa for his basic inventions and discoveries in the area of low-temperature physics,the other half jointly to Arno Allan Penzias and Robert Woodrow Wilson for their discovery of cosmic microwave background radiation.

The Nobel Prize in Physics 1975 was awarded jointly to Aage Niels Bohr, Ben Roy Mottelson and Leo James Rainwater for the discovery of the connection between collective motion and particle motion in atomic nuclei and the development of the theory of the structure of the atomic nucleus based on this connection.

The Nobel Prize in Physics 1972 was awarded jointly to John Bardeen, Leon Neil Cooper and John Robert Schrieffer for their jointly developed theory of superconductivity, usually called the BCS-theory.

Dennis Gabor won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1971 for his invention and development of holography, a technique that allows three-dimensional images to be captured and displayed. His work revolutionized microscopy, interferometry, and information storage.

The Nobel Prize in Physics 1968 was awarded to Luis Alvarez for his decisive contributions to elementary particle physics, in particular the discovery of a large number of resonance states, made possible through his development of the technique of using hydrogen bubble chamber and data analysis.

Hans Albrecht Bethe won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1967 for his contributions to the theory of nuclear reactions, especially his discovery of how stars generate energy through nuclear fusion processes. Bethe's work provided important insights into the fundamental processes that power the sun and other stars.

The Nobel Prize in Physics 1965 was awarded jointly to Sin-Itiro Tomonaga, Julian Schwinger and Richard P. Feynman for their fundamental work in quantum electrodynamics, with deep-ploughing consequences for the physics of elementary particles.

The Nobel Prize in Physics 1965 was awarded jointly to Sin-Itiro Tomonaga, Julian Schwinger and Richard P. Feynman for their fundamental work in quantum electrodynamics, with deep-ploughing consequences for the physics of elementary particles.

The Nobel Prize in Physics 1964 was divided, one half awarded to Charles Hard Townes for fundamental work in the field of quantum electronics, which has led to the construction of oscillators and amplifiers based on the maser-laser principle,the other half jointly to Nicolay Gennadiyevich Basov and Aleksandr Mikhailovich Prokhorov for fundamental work in the field of quantum electronics, which has led to the construction of oscillators and amplifiers based on the maser-laser principle.

The Nobel Prize in Physics 1963 was divided, one half awarded to Eugene Paul Wigner for his contributions to the theory of the atomic nucleus and the elementary particles, particularly through the discovery and application of fundamental symmetry principles,the other half jointly to Maria Goeppert-Mayer and J. Hans D. Jensen for their discoveries concerning nuclear shell structure.

The Nobel Prize in Physics 1961 was divided equally between Robert Hofstadter for his pioneering studies of electron scattering in atomic nuclei and for his thereby achieved discoveries concerning the structure of the nucleons and Rudolf Ludwig Mossbauer for his researches concerning the resonance absorption of gamma radiation and his discovery in this connection of the effect which bears his name.

Emilio Gino Segre won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1959 for his discovery of the antiproton, a subatomic particle that is the antimatter counterpart to the proton. This discovery provided significant insights into the nature of matter and antimatter, contributing to our understanding of fundamental physics.

The Nobel Prize in Physics 1957 was awarded jointly to Chen Ning Yang and Tsung-Dao (T.D.) Lee for their penetrating investigation of the so-called parity laws which has led to important discoveries regarding the elementary particles

The Nobel Prize in Physics 1956 was awarded jointly to William Bradford Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Houser Brattain for their researches on semiconductors and their discovery of the transistor effect.

The Nobel Prize in Physics 1954 was divided equally between Max Born for his fundamental research in quantum mechanics, especially for his statistical interpretation of the wavefunction and Walther Bothe for the coincidence method and his discoveries made therewith.

Wolfgang Pauli won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1945 for his discovery of the Exclusion Principle, also known as the Pauli Principle. This principle states that no two electrons in an atom can occupy the same quantum state simultaneously, which is essential to understand the behavior of electrons in atoms and to build a theoretical understanding of the periodic table of elements.

The Nobel Prize in Physics 1939 was awarded to Ernest Lawrence for the invention and development of the cyclotron and for results obtained with it, especially with regard to artificial radioactive elements.

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1937 was awarded to Albert Szent Gyorgyi for his discoveries in connection with the biological combustion processes, with special reference to vitamin C and the catalysis of fumaric acid.

Victor Franz Hess won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1936 for his discovery of cosmic rays. He made this groundbreaking discovery through his research on radiation at high altitudes using hot-air balloons. Hess's work contributed significantly to our understanding of the universe and the sources of radiation in space.

James Chadwick won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1935 for his discovery of the neutron, a subatomic particle with no electrical charge. This discovery revolutionized the field of nuclear physics and laid the foundation for further understanding of atomic structure and the development of nuclear energy.

Erwin Schrödinger won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1933 for his contribution to the development of quantum mechanics, particularly the formulation of the Schrödinger equation, which describes how wave functions evolve over time. His work played a crucial role in the understanding of atomic and subatomic phenomena.

The Nobel Prize in Physics 1932 was awarded to Werner Heisenberg for the creation of quantum mechanics, the application of which has, inter alia, led to the discovery of the allotropic forms of hydrogen.