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In an estimate by Baruch Shalev, between 1901 and 2000 about 65.4% of Nobel Prize winners were either Christians or had a Christian background. [1] Here is a non exhaustive list of some of the prize winners who publicly identified themselves as Christians.
Physics: Georges Lemaître: 17 July 1894 Charleroi, Hainut, Belgium 20 June 1966 Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium 1954 "for his prediction of the expanding universe." [8] Alexandre Dauvillier (1882–1979) Chemistry: Jean-Baptiste Senderens: 27 January 1856 Barbachen, Hautes-Pyrénées, France 26 September 1937 Barbachen, Hautes-Pyrénées, France
Overall, 72.5% of all the Nobel Prizes in Chemistry, [87] 65.3% in Physics, [87] 62% in Medicine, [87] 54% in Economics were either Christians or had a Christian background. [87] John Hall Gladstone (1827–1902): served as president of the Physical Society between 1874 and 1876 and during 1877–1879 was president of the Chemical Society.
Distribution of Christians in Nobel Prizes between 1901 and 2000 [224] According to 100 Years of Nobel Prizes a review of Nobel prizes award between 1901 and 2000 reveals that (65.4%) of Nobel Prizes Laureates, have identified Christianity in its various forms as their religious preference (427 prizes). [225]
Victor Franz Hess (1883–1964) – Austrian-American physicist, and Nobel laureate in physics, who discovered cosmic rays. George de Hevesy (1885–1966) – Hungarian radiochemist and Nobel laureate [32] Charles Hermite (1822–1901) – mathematician who did research on number theory, quadratic forms, elliptic functions, and algebra
The Nobel Prize in Physics (Swedish: Nobelpriset i fysik) is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of physics. It is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the 1895 will of Alfred Nobel (who died in 1896), awarded for outstanding contributions in physics. [1]
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The United States has the highest number of Nobel laureates in the world, with over 420 Nobel laureates. [2] Around 71% of all Nobel Prizes have been awarded to Americans; around 29% of them are immigrants from other nations. [3] U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt was the first American to win a Nobel Prize of any kind, being awarded the Nobel ...