The Nobel Prize in Physics 1988
Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive.
Leon M. Lederman
Prize share: 1/3
Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive.
Melvin Schwartz
Prize share: 1/3
Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive.
Jack Steinberger
Prize share: 1/3
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1988 was awarded jointly to Leon M. Lederman, Melvin Schwartz and Jack Steinberger "for the neutrino beam method and the demonstration of the doublet structure of the leptons through the discovery of the muon neutrino"
Streams during Nobel Week
Watch the 2023 Nobel Prize lectures, the Nobel Prize Concert, Nobel Week Dialogue, the prize award ceremonies in Oslo and Stockholm and Nobel Peace Prize Forum here at nobelprize.org.
Explore prizes and laureates
Look for popular awards and laureates in different fields, and discover the history of the Nobel Prize.