The Nobel Prize in Physics 2004

 

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2004

     Earlier Nobel Laureates whose work was of great consequence for this year’s award:
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1965 Sin-Itiro Tomonaga, Julian Schwinger and Richard P. Feynman, QED – the quantum theory of electromagnetic interactions

 

1949 Hideki Yukawa, The theory of nuclear forces

1957 Chen Ning Yang and Tsung-Dao Lee, Parity violation in particle physics
1969 Murray Gell-Mann, Symmetry properties of elementary particles
1979 Sheldon Lee Glashow, Abdus Salam and Steven Weinberg, The theory of electroweak interactions
1982 Kenneth G. Wilson, The theory of phase transformations

1990 Jerome I. Friedman, Henry W. Kendall and Richard E. Taylor, The discovery of quarks through electron-scattering experiments

1999 Gerardus ‘t Hooft and Martinus J.G. Veltman, The quantum structure of the electroweak interaction
  Contents:
| Introduction – A colourful connection | The Standard Model and the four forces | Inside the proton  | The theory shows its true colours | The strong force | A unified theory for all forces? | Timeline | Further reading | Credits |
  Web Adapted Version of the Nobel Poster from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

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