An unusual and unorthodox series of scientific discussions in a café led to Max von Laue’s ingenious experiment that unmasked the true identity of X-rays. In the years before the 1914–1918 War, Munich was one of the world’s great hubs of scientific and artistic innovation. Painting, poetry and physics flourished in the capital of Bavaria…

The 1914 Nobel Prize for Physics united two issues of identity that had been perplexing physicists in the early 1900s. One was understanding the true nature of the mysterious X-rays. The other was how to prove the theory that crystals consist of atoms arranged in a regular lattice structure. Max von Laue received the award…

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Nobel Lecture, June 3, 1920 Concerning the Detection of X-ray Interferences Pdf 118 kB

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Nobel Lecture, September 11, 1916 (pdf) Some New Methods for Functional Testing of the Vestibular Apparatus and the Cerebellum Ladies and Gentlemen! It gives me great pleasure to be giving the Nobel Lecture before you. In it I shall be reporting on the results of my research for which the Royal – permit me here…

Nobel Lecture, December 6, 1919 Atomic Weights With deep earnestness I express my heartfelt gratitude for the great honour which you, eminent Fellows of this celebrated Royal Academy, have bestowed upon me. This honour gave me pleasure which could not be overestimated or over-stated. No chemist, and especially no chemist who has endeavored to determine…

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The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1914 Robert Bárány Nominated on 7 occasions for the Nobel Prize in Submitted 6 nominations, for the Nobel Prize in   To cite this pageMLA style: “Robert Bárány – Nominations”. Nobelprize.org. Nobel Media AB 2014. Web. 22 Jun 2018.

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1914 Theodore W. Richards Nominated on 33 occasions for the Nobel Prize in Submitted 22 nominations, for the Nobel Prize in   To cite this pageMLA style: “Theodore W. Richards – Nominations”. Nobelprize.org. Nobel Media AB 2014. Web. 22 Jun 2018.