Physics
Pieter Zeeman – Biographical
Biographical
Pieter Zeeman was born on May 25, 1865, at Zonnemaire, a small village in the isle of Schouwen, Zeeland, The Netherlands, as the son of the local clergyman Catharinus Forandinus Zeeman and his wife, née Wilhelmina Worst. After having finished his secondary school education at Zierikzee, the main town of the island, he went to…
moreWilliam Bragg – Biographical
Biographical
William Henry Bragg was born at Westward, Cumberland, on July 2, 1862. He was educated at Market Harborough Grammar School and afterwards at King William’s College, Isle of Man. Elected a minor scholar of Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1881, he studied mathematics under the well-known teacher, Dr. E. J. Routh. He was Third Wrangler in…
moreGeorges Charpak – Biographical
Biographical
(Translation) Born August 1 1924 in Dabrovica, PolandNaturalized French citizen in 1946 Studies Lycée Saint Louis in Paris Lycée de Montpellier 1945-1947 Ecole des Mines (Mining school) in Paris Degrees 1948 Bachelor of Science. Mining engineer. 1954 Ph. D. Physics. Experimental research inNuclear Physics at…
moreNobel Laureates 2004 – Credits
Documentary
Nobel Laureates 2004 – Credits Production TWI: Narrator: Josette Simon Titles and Graphics: Kevin Cooney Editor: Gidon Benari Sound: Stuart Browne Researcher: Alex Gervin Production Manager: Kate Best Executive Producer: Rick Thomas Producer: Linda Daniel Camera: Sveriges Television AB – SVT Copyright Acknowledgements: Physical Review Journal Papers, Courtesy of the American Physical Society U.S. Department…
moreAward ceremony speech
Award ceremony speech
Presentation Speech by Professor A. Lindstedt, President of , on December 10, 1905 Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to give this year’s Nobel Prize for Physics to Dr. Philipp Lenard, Professor at the University of Kiel, for his important work on cathode rays. The…
moreAward ceremony speech
Award ceremony speech
The following account of Stern’s and Rabi’s works is by Professor E. Hulthén, Stockholm (Broadcast lecture, 10th December, 1944) There is a certain relation between electric and magnetic phenomena in that the magnetic field can generally be ascribed to the presence of electric currents. It was in this way that the famous Ampère sought to…
moreAward ceremony speech
Award ceremony speech
Presentation Speech by Professor Cecilia Jarlskog of the Translation from the Swedish text Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, One of the most important tasks of physics is to provide us with a clearer picture of the world we live in. We know that the observable universe is much larger than any of…
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