| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physics | |
| Year: | 1956 |
| Number: | 57 - 0 |
| Nominee 1: |
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| Name: | Richard Phillips Feynman |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1918 |
| Year, Death: | 1988 |
| Profession: | Professor |
| University: | California Institute of Technology |
| City: | Pasadena |
| State: | CA |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1965 | |
| Nominee 2: |
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| Name: | Julian Schwinger |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1918 |
| Year, Death: | 1994 |
| Profession: | Professor |
| University: | Harvard University |
| City: | Cambridge |
| State: | MA |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1965 | |
| Nominee 3: |
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| Name: | Sin-Itiro Tomonaga |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1906 |
| Year, Death: | 1979 |
| Profession: | Professor |
| University: | University of Tokyo |
| City: | Tokyo |
| Country: | JAPAN (JP) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1965 | |
| Nominator: |
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| Name: | R F Christy |
| City: | Pasadena |
| State: | CA |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Comments: | First choice: R P Feynman, second choice: Julian Schwinger, third choice: Sin-Itiro Tomonaga. |
