Nobel Prize

“I used to think Nobel Laureates were other people” Nobelprize.org met physicist Roger Penrose on 4 March 2021. He spoke about growing up, how his passion for maths developed and why he finds it so surreal to be a Nobel Laureate. Could you tell us a bit about when you were a child? Did you…

“I see being a scientist as being a puzzle solver” Nobelprize.org interviewed Andrea Ghez on International Women’s Day, 8 March 2021. She told us how her interest in science and the universe was sparked, what advice she would give to young researchers and why she loves being a scientist. Could you tell me a little…

“One day I was playing with the spectrometer and boy, did I get the full 15 kilovolts!” We spoke to Reinhard Genzel on 9 March 2021. He told us about his childhood interest in science and sports as well as which Nobel Laureate had the biggest impact on his life. Could you tell us a…

Watch a video clip of the 2020 Nobel Laureate in Physics, Roger Penrose, receiving his Nobel Prize medal and diploma during a ceremonial presentation at the Swedish Ambassador’s Residence in London, United Kingdom, on 8 December 2020.

Watch a video clip of the 2020 Nobel Laureate in Physics, Reinhard Genzel, receiving his Nobel Prize medal and diploma during a ceremonial presentation at the Bavarian State Chancellery (Bayerische Staatskanzlei) in Munich, Germany, on 8 December 2020.

Watch a video clip of the 2020 Nobel Laureate in Physics, Andrea Ghez, receiving her Nobel Prize medal and diploma during a ceremonial presentation in Los Angeles, USA, on 9 December 2020.

A rthur Ashkin’s father, Isadore Ashkenazi, was born in Tsarist Russia in 1891. Isadore was brought up with his older brother, Harry, both shown in Figure 1, in an orphan asylum and never told of the circumstances of how they ended up there. As it turned out, his brother made the mistake of not leaving…

Life Donna Theo Strickland was born on May 27, 1959, in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. She studied engineering physics at McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada, and optics at the University of Rochester in the United States. She earned her doctorate in optics in 1989. Her PhD supervisor was Gérard Mourou, future Nobel Laureate. She worked at…

‘Yesterday i had the honour of drinking coffee with Madam ’. Those were the words of my father, who was an engineer in charge of the electricity network of The Three Valleys in Savoy. He went on to say that she was a very important personality who had received the Nobel Prize. I was about…

The Nobel Prize award ceremony takes place at the Stockholm Concert Hall, Sweden, on 10 December every year – the anniversary of Alfred Nobel’s death. At the ceremony, the Nobel Prize in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature and the Prize in Economic Sciences are awarded to the Nobel Laureates. This year, the award ceremony…