Nobel Prize Winners in Physics (1901-1920)

The people who made its way to fame by discovering major facts and extraordinary inventions. Way way before, this people already brought themselves to spotlight.

1901:

Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen
"Discovery of remarkable rays subsequently named after him."

1902:

Hendrik A. Lorentz and Pieter Zeeman

"Researches into the influence of magnetism upon radiation phenomena."

1903:

Antoine Henri Becquerel, Pierre Curie and Marie Curie, née Sklodowska
Becquerel: "Discovery of spontaneous radioactivity", Curie: " Joint researches on the radiation phenomena discovered by Professor Henri Becquerel."

1904:

Lord Rayleigh (John William Strutt)
"Investigations of the densities of the most important gases and for his discovery of argon in connection with these studies."

1905:

Philipp Eduard Anton von Lenard
"Work on cathode rays."

1906:

Joseph John Thomson
"Theoretical and experimental investigations on the conduction of electricity by gases."

1907:

Albert Abraham Michelson
"Optical precision instruments and the spectroscopic and metrological investigations carried out with their aid."

1908:

Gabriel Lippmann
"Method of reproducing colours photographically based on the phenomenon of interference."

1909:

Guglielmo Marconi and Karl Ferdinand Braun
"Development of wireless telegraphy."

1910:

Johannes Diderik van der Waals
"Work on the equation of state for gases and liquids."

1911:

Wilhelm Wien
"Discoveries regarding the laws governing the radiation of heat."

1912:

Nils Gustaf Dalén
"Invention of automatic regulators for use in conjunction with gas accumulators for illuminating lighthouses and buoys."

1913:

Heike Kamerlingh Onnes
"Investigations on the properties of matter at low temperatures which led, inter alia, to the production of liquid helium."

1914:

Max von Laue
"The diffraction of X-rays by crystals."

1915:

Sir William Henry Bragg and William Lawrence Bragg
"The analysis of crystal structure by means of X-rays."

1916:

The prize money was allocated to the Special Fund of this prize section.

1917:

Charles Glover Barkla
"The characteristic Röntgen radiation of the elements."

1918:

Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck
"The advancement of Physics by his discovery of energy quanta."

1919:

Johannes Stark
"Discovery of the Doppler effect in canal rays and the splitting of spectral lines in electric fields."

1920:

Charles Edouard Guillaume
"Precision measurements in Physics by his discovery of anomalies in nickel steel alloys."

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