Physics
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1993
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics to Joseph H. Taylor Jr and Russell A. Hulse for their discovery of a new type of pulsar, a discovery that has opened up new possibilities for the study of gravitation. Two stars for general relativity On 2 July 1974…
moreThe Nobel Prize in Physics 1994
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the 1994 Nobel Prize in Physics for pioneering contributions to the development of neutron scattering techniques for studies of condensed matter. Shull made use of elastic scattering i.e. of neutrons which change direction without losing energy when they collide with atoms. Because of the wave nature…
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