Physics
Heinrich Rohrer – Biographical
Biographical
I was born in Buchs, St. Gallen, Switzerland on 6.6., ’33 as the third child, half an hour after my twin sister. We were fortunate to enjoy a carefree childhood with a sound mixture of freedom, school and farm work. In 1949, the family moved to Zürich and our way of life changed from country…
moreEdward V. Appleton – Biographical
Biographical
Edward Victor Appleton was born in Bradford, England, on 6th September, 1892, the son of Peter and Mary Appleton. He received his early education at Hanson Grammar School. Bradford then took his B.A. degree in Natural Science at St. John’s College, Cambridge,, in 1913 and 1914, with physics for Part II. He won the Wiltshire…
moreAbdus Salam – Biographical
Biographical
Abdus Salam was born in Jhang, a small town in what is now Pakistan, in 1926. His father was an official in the Department of Education in a poor farming district. His family has a long tradition of piety and learning. When he cycled home from Lahore, at the age of 14, after gaining the…
moreAward ceremony speech
Award ceremony speech
English Presentation Speech by Professor Professor Börje Johansson, Member of the , Member of the Nobel Committee in Physics, 10 December 2007. Professor Börje Johansson delivering the Presentation Speech for the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physics at the Stockholm Concert Hall. Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, This year’s Nobel Prize…
moreFurther reading
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, (press release). L. Lederman, The two-neutrino experiment, Scientific American, March 1963, page 60. New Scientist, 29 October 1988, page 30. Discovery of two kinds of neutrinos. Adventures in experimental physics, editor Bogdan Maglich, Oct 1972, page 81.
moreJ. Georg Bednorz – Biographical
Biographical
I was born in Neuenkirchen, North-Rhine Westphalia, in the Federal Republic of Germany on May 16, 1950, as the fourth child of Anton and Elisabeth Bednorz. My parents, originating from Silesia, had lost sight of each other during the turbulences of World War II, when my sister and two brothers had to leave home and…
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