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Presentation Speech by Professor C.W. Oseen, Chairman of the Nobel Committee for Physics of , on December 10, 1929 Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen. The question as to the nature of light rays is one of the oldest problems in physics. In the works of the ancient philosophers are to be found…

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English 6 October 2009 has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physics for 2009 with one half to Charles K. KaoStandard Telecommunication Laboratories, Harlow, UK, and Chinese University of Hong Kong “for groundbreaking achievements concerning the transmission of light in fibers for optical communication” and the other half jointly to Willard S. Boyle and…

  The Nobel Prize in Physics 2006   Contents: |  |  |  |  |  |  | |   Nobel Poster from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, web adapted by Nobel Web AB.

  The Nobel Prize in Physics 2002           Riccardo Giacconi Associated Universities Inc., Washington, DC, USA Photo: National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO)   On 18 June 1962, a new era in astronomy started when a rocket experiment demonstrated the presence of X-ray radiation outside the solar system. Leading the project was…

  The Nobel Prize in Physics 2001         Credits   Editors: Prof. Sune Svanberg and Prof. Stig Stenholm, members of the Nobel Committee for Physics, Prof. Anders Bárány, Secretary of the Nobel Committee for Physics, Eva Krutmeijer, Head of Information and Katarina Werner, Information assistant, The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.  …

Swedish 6 oktober 2009 har beslutat utdela Nobelpriset i fysik 2009 med ena hälften till Charles K. KaoStandard Telecommunication Laboratories, Harlow, Storbritannien och Chinese University of Hong Kong “för banbrytande insatser angående ljustransmission i fibrer för optisk kommunikation” och med den andra hälften gemensamt till Willard S. Boyle och George E. SmithBell Laboratories, Murray Hill,…

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Clinton Joseph Davisson was born at Bloomington, Illinois, U.S.A., October 22, 1881, son of Joseph Davisson, an artisan, native of Ohio, descendant of early Dutch and French settlers of Virginia, Union veteran of the American Civil War, and Mary Calvert, a school-teacher, native of Pennsylvania, of English and Scotch parentage. He attended the Bloomington public…