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Following is a list of physicists who are notable for their achievements. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
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.
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100: American nuclear physicist [82] David W. Goodall: 1914–2018: 104: Australian botanist and ecologist [83] John B. Goodenough: 1922–2023: 100: German-American physicist and recipient of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry [84] Richard M. Goody: 1921–2023: 102: British-American atmospheric physicist [85] Dieter Grau: 1913–2014: 101 ...
Before L'Huillier, each woman only ever received a quarter share of the prize, although Marie Curie did receive an unshared Nobel prize in chemistry in 1911. In 2023, L'Huillier received a one-third share. There have been six years for which the Nobel Prize in Physics was not awarded (1916, 1931, 1934, 1940–1942).
Canada's Donna Strickland, of the University of Waterloo, becomes only the third woman to win a Nobel for physics, after Marie Curie in 1903 and Maria Goeppert-Mayer in 1963. Arthur Ashkin of Bell ...
Among the 892 Nobel laureates, 48 have been women; the first woman to receive a Nobel Prize was Marie Curie, who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903. [12] She was also the first person (male or female) to be awarded two Nobel Prizes, the second award being the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, given in 1911. [11]
List of physicists; N. List of nominees for the Nobel Prize in Physics; R. Racah Lectures in Physics This page was last edited on 4 November 2024, at 07:50 (UTC ...