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Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov – Soviet Union, Russia (1928–2017) Nobel laureate. Robert Adler – United States (1913–2007) Stephen L. Adler – United States (born 1939) Franz Aepinus – Rostock (1724–1802) Mina Aganagic – Albania, United States. David Z Albert – United States (born 1954) Felicie Albert – France, United States.
The Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to 224 individuals as of 2023. [ 5] The first prize in physics was awarded in 1901 to Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, of Germany, who received 150,782 SEK. John Bardeen is the only laureate to win the prize twice—in 1956 and 1972. William Lawrence Bragg was the youngest Nobel laureate in physics; he won ...
The following is a partial list of notable theoretical physicists. Arranged by century of birth, then century of death, then year of birth, then year of death, then alphabetically by surname. For explanation of symbols, see Notes at end of this article.
A physicist is a scientist who specializes in the field of physics, which encompasses the interactions of matter and energy at all length and time scales in the physical universe. [ 1][ 2] Physicists generally are interested in the root or ultimate causes of phenomena, and usually frame their understanding in mathematical terms.
The Nobel Prize in Physics ( Swedish: Nobelpriset i fysik) is an annual award given by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for those who have made the most outstanding contributions to mankind in the field of physics. It is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Alfred Nobel in 1895 and awarded since 1901, the others being ...
Pages in category "American physicists" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 658 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
Adolf Hitler forbade four Germans, Richard Kuhn (Chemistry, 1938), Adolf Butenandt (Chemistry, 1939), Gerhard Domagk (Physiology or Medicine, 1939) and Carl von Ossietzky (Peace, 1936) from accepting their Nobel Prizes. The Chinese government forbade Liu Xiaobo from accepting his Nobel Prize (Peace, 2010) [ 9] and the government of the Soviet ...
S. Andrei Sakharov, co-developer of tokamak and the Tsar Bomb, inventor of explosively pumped flux compression generator, Nobel Peace Prize winner. Nikolay Semyonov, physical chemist, co-discovered a way to measure the magnetic field of an atomic nucleus, Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner. Lev Shubnikov, discoverer of Shubnikov–de Haas effect ...