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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] As dictated by Nobel's will, the award is administered by the Nobel Foundation and awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. [ 2 ]
Smoot is one of the 20 American recipients of the Nobel Prize in Physics to sign a letter addressed to President George W. Bush in May 2008, urging him to "reverse the damage done to basic science research in the Fiscal Year 2008 Omnibus Appropriations Bill" by requesting additional emergency funding for the Department of Energy's Office of ...
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]
This is a list of Nobel Prize laureates by country. Listings for Economics refer to the related Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. The Nobel Prizes and the Prize in Economic Sciences have been awarded 577 times to 889 recipients, of which 26 awards (all Peace Prizes) were to organizations. Due to some recipients receiving multiple ...
Lists of Nobel laureates cover winners of Nobel Prizes for outstanding contributions for humanity in chemistry, literature, peace, physics, and physiology or medicine. The lists are organized by prize, by ethnicity, by origination and by nationality.
Shared the 1963 Nobel Prize in Physics [bw] with J.H.D.Jensen and M.Goeppert-Mayer [329] Willard Libby: December 17, 1908 Grand Valley, United States September 8, 1980 Los Angeles, United States 1953, 1956, 1957, 1960 Won the 1960 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. [330] Edwin Hubble: November 20, 1889 Marshfield, Missouri, United States September 28, 1953
Nobel Prize winners in physics, chemistry, physiology/medicine and literature have already been announced. ... Steven Weinberg, Nobel Prize in Physics, 1979. Steven Weinberg, a UT professor ...
Physics Poland: First Step to Nobel Prize in Physics: Organizing Committee: Competition for high school students Poland: Marian Smoluchowski Medal: Polish Physical Society: Significant contributions in physics Russia: Bogolyubov Prize for young scientists: Joint Institute for Nuclear Research: Young researchers in theoretical physics Russia ...