Physics
Presentation
Press release
The following account of von Laue’s work is by Professor G. Granqvist, Chairman of the Nobel Committee for Physics of Seldom indeed can a discovery in the field of physics have given rise to such intensive research work as did that of in 1896, when he proved the existence of a new form of rays…
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Award ceremony speech
Award ceremony speech
Presentation Speech by Professor S. von Friesen, member of the Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen. The science of physics has as its function the study of energy in all its forms. observed that matter, or mass, is one of the forms in which energy manifests itself. This fact was established experimentally 35…
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Press release
English 10 October 2000 has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physics for 2000 to scientists and inventors whose work has laid the foundation of modern information technology, IT, particularly through their invention of rapid transistors, laser diodes, and integrated circuits (chips). The prize is being awarded with one half jointly to Zhores I.…
moreThe Nobel Prize in Physics 2000
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for basic work on information and communication technology. The prize is being awarded with one half jointly to Zhores I. Alferov, Russia, and Herbert Kroemer, USA, for developing semiconductor heterostructures used in high-speed and optoelectronics and one half to Jack. S. Kilby,…
moreThe Nobel Prize in Physics 2005
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2005 Credits Editors: Sune Svanberg, Chairman of the Nobel Committee for Physics, Stig Stenholm, Member of the Nobel Committee for Physics, Björn Jacobsson, KTH, Jonas Förare, Eva Krutmeijer and Malin Lindgren, The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Layout and illustrations: Typoform Printing: Katarinatryck AB 2005 …
moreAage N. Bohr – Biographical
Biographical
I was born in Copenhagen on June 19, 1922, as the fourth son of and Margrethe Bohr (née Nørlund). During my early childhood, my parents lived at the Institute for Theoretical Physics (now the Niels Bohr Institute), and the remarkable generation of scientists who came to join my father in his work became for us…
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