I was born in Washington, D.C., on February 19, 1941, the eldest of four sons. My father, Bertram Meyer, born in Philadelphia, son of immigrant Jewish parents from Czechoslovakia-Hungary, had attended the University of Pennsylvania as an English major. From 1941 a staff member of U.S. Sen. James E. Murray of Montana, he helped after…

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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…

Swedish 5 oktober 2004 har beslutat utdela 2004 års Nobelpris i fysik “för upptäckten av asymptotisk frihet i teorin för den starka växelverkan” gemensamt till David J. GrossKavli Institute for Theoretical Physics vid University of California, Santa Barbara, USA, H. David PolitzerCalifornia Institute of Technology (Caltech), Pasadena, USA, och Frank WilczekMassachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT),…

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  The Nobel Prize in Physics 2004             The theory shows its true colours The aftermath of a high-energy collision between a proton and an electron, as seen by the H1 experiment at the DESY laboratory in Hamburg. The experiment is shown in cross-section, perpendicular to colliding beams of protons…

  The Nobel Prize in Physics 2004     Credits Editors: Lars Bergström and Per Carlson, Secretary and Member of the Nobel Committee for Physics. Mark Pearce, The Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Jonas Förare, Anna Lindquist and Eva Krutmeijer, The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Layout and illustrations: Typoform Printing: Katarinatryck AB 2004  …

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  The Nobel Prize in Physics 2004      Earlier Nobel Laureates whose work was of great consequence for this year’s award:     Contents: |  |  |   |  |  |  |  |  | |   Web Adapted Version of the Nobel Poster from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

  The Nobel Prize in Physics 2004         Inside the proton The three quarks within the proton are held together by the powerful force mediated by the gluons, depicted here as coiled springs. As the distance between the quarks increases, so does the force between them.   Contents: |  |  |   |  |  |  |  |  | |  …