1939

Award ceremony speech

  The following account of Lawrence’s work is by Professor , member of the Nobel Committee for Physics of In 1919 discovered that nitrogen can be brought to emit protons by bombardment with alpha particles, according to the nuclearreaction equation: This discovery meant the initiation of a new era in natural sciences. However, as long…

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Summary

No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. The prize money was with 1/3 allocated to the Main Fund and with 2/3 to the Special Fund of this prize section.

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