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 1959
“for their discovery of the antiproton”
Nobel Prize in Physics 1958
“for the discovery and the interpretation of the Cherenkov effect”
Nobel Prize in Physics 1957
“for their penetrating investigation of the so-called parity laws which has led to important discoveries regarding the elementary particles”
Nobel Prize in Physics 1956
“for their researches on semiconductors and their discovery of the transistor effect”
Nobel Prize in Physics 1955
“for his discoveries concerning the fine structure of the hydrogen spectrum”
“for his precision determination of the magnetic moment of the electron”
Nobel Prize in Physics 1954
“for his fundamental research in quantum mechanics, especially for his statistical interpretation of the wavefunction”
“for the coincidence method and his discoveries made therewith”
Nobel Prize in Physics 1953
“for his demonstration of the phase contrast method, especially for his invention of the phase contrast microscope”
Nobel Prize in Physics 1952
“for their development of new methods for nuclear magnetic precision measurements and discoveries in connection therewith”
Nobel Prize in Physics 1951
“for their pioneer work on the transmutation of atomic nuclei by artificially accelerated atomic particles”
Nobel Prize in Physics 1950
“for his development of the photographic method of studying nuclear processes and his discoveries regarding mesons made with this method”