The Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded 119 times to 230 Nobel Prize laureates between 1901 and 2025. John Bardeen is the only laureate who has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics twice, in 1956 and 1972. This means that a total of 229 individuals have received the Nobel Prize in Physics. Click on the links to get more information.
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Nobel Prize in Physics 1949
“for his prediction of the existence of mesons on the basis of theoretical work on nuclear forces”
Nobel Prize in Physics 1948
“for his development of the Wilson cloud chamber method, and his discoveries therewith in the fields of nuclear physics and cosmic radiation”
Nobel Prize in Physics 1947
“for his investigations of the physics of the upper atmosphere especially for the discovery of the so-called Appleton layer”
Nobel Prize in Physics 1946
“for the invention of an apparatus to produce extremely high pressures, and for the discoveries he made therewith in the field of high pressure physics”
Nobel Prize in Physics 1945
“for the discovery of the Exclusion Principle, also called the Pauli Principle”
Nobel Prize in Physics 1944
“for his resonance method for recording the magnetic properties of atomic nuclei”
Nobel Prize in Physics 1943
“for his contribution to the development of the molecular ray method and his discovery of the magnetic moment of the proton”
Nobel Prize in Physics 1942
“No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. 1/3 of the prize money was allocated to the main fund and 2/3 was allocated to the special fund of this prize section”
Nobel Prize in Physics 1941
“No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. 1/3 of the prize money was allocated to the main fund and 2/3 was allocated to the special fund of this prize section”
Nobel Prize in Physics 1940
“No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. 1/3 of the prize money was allocated to the main fund and 2/3 was allocated to the special fund of this prize section”