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Vania Jordanova – United States, physicist, space weather and geomagnetic storms [1] Brian David Josephson – U.K. (born 1940) Nobel laureate; James Prescott Joule – U.K. (1818–1889) Adolfas Jucys – Lithuania (1904–1974) Chang Kee Jung – South Korea, United States
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.
Edward Witten (born August 26, 1951) is an American theoretical physicist known for his contributions to string theory, topological quantum field theory, and various areas of mathematics.
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: German ...
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 prize in 1915 at the age of 25.
Physics of the Impossible. New York: Doubleday. ISBN 978-0-385-52069-0. Kaku, Michio (2011). Physics of the Future: How Science will Shape Human Destiny and our Daily Lives by the Year 2100. New York: Doubleday. LCCN 2010026569. Kaku, Michio (2014). The Future of the Mind: The Scientific Quest to Understand, Enhance, and Empower the Mind.
Different organisations are responsible for awarding the individual prizes; the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awards the Prizes in Physics, Chemistry, and Economics; the Swedish Academy awards the Prize in Literature; the Karolinska Institute awards the Prize in Physiology or Medicine; and the Norwegian Nobel Committee awards the Prize in Peace. [3]
Sir Roger Penrose (born 8 August 1931) [1] is a British mathematician, mathematical physicist, philosopher of science and Nobel Laureate in Physics. [2] He is Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics in the University of Oxford , an emeritus fellow of Wadham College, Oxford , and an honorary fellow of St John's College, Cambridge , and ...