Physics
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1940
Summary
No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. The prize money was with 1/3 allocated to the Main Fund and with 2/3 to the Special Fund of this prize section.
moreE. M. Purcell – Biographical
Biographical
Edward Mills Purcell was born in Taylorville, Illinois, U.S.A., on August 30, 1912. His parents, Edward A. Purcell and Mary Elizabeth Mills, were both natives of Illinois. He was educated in the public schools in Taylorville and in Mattoon, Illinois, and in 1929 entered Purdue University in Indiana. He graduated from Purdue in electrical engineering…
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Kai M. Siegbahn – Curriculum Vitae
Curriculum Vitae
Born April 20, 1918, in Lund, Sweden. Parents: and Karin Högbom. Married May 23, 1944, to Anna Brita Rhedin. Three children: Per (1945), Hans (1947) and Nils (1953). Attended the Uppsala Gymnasium; Studied physics, mathematics and chemistry at the University of Uppsala from 1936 until 1942. Graduated in Stockholm 1944. Docent in physics that year.…
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Presentationstal
Award ceremony speech
Swedish Presentationstal av Professor Lars Brink, ledamot av , i Stockholms Konserthus 10 december 2004. Professor Lars Brink presenterar Nobelpriset i fysik 2004 i Stockholms Konserthus. Eders Majestäter, Eders Kungliga Högheter, mina damer och herrar, När Isaac Newton såg äpplet falla förstod han hur tyngdkraften verkar, och han kunde formulera en lag för…
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