Linked from

The 203 pages that link to Nobel Prize in Physics, each with the reason it gives.

• Albert A. MichelsonRelated: Michelson received the 1907 prize for his optical precision instruments and investigations.

• Clinton DavissonRelated: Davisson shared the 1937 prize for discovering electron diffraction.

• Robert MillikanRelated: Millikan received the 1923 prize for work on the elementary charge and photoelectric effect.

• Sin-Itiro TomonagaRelated: Tomonaga shared its 1965 award with Schwinger and Feynman.

• Brian SchmidtRelated: Schmidt shared the 2011 award with Riess and Perlmutter for the discovery.

• Heike Kamerlingh OnnesRelated: Onnes received the 1913 prize for investigations into the properties of matter at low temperatures.

• High-Z Supernova Search TeamRelated: The 2011 prize honored the leaders of both supernova teams for discovering accelerated expansion.

• Philip W. AndersonRelated: Anderson shared the 1977 prize for theories of electronic structure in magnetic and disordered systems.

• Robert BroutRelated: The 2013 prize honored Englert and Higgs for theory related to the mechanism; Brout had died in 2011.

• Tokyo Institute of TechnologyRelated: Tokyo Tech-affiliated scientists and alumni have received this prize.

• Wilhelm RöntgenRelated: Röntgen became its first laureate in 1901 for the discovery of X-rays.

• Wilhelm WienRelated: Wien received the 1911 prize for his work on heat radiation.

• Adam RiessRelated: Riess shared the 2011 prize for discovering the universe’s accelerating expansion.

• Arthur ComptonRelated: Compton received half of the 1927 prize for discovering the effect bearing his name.

• BevatronRelated: The antiproton discovery at the Bevatron was recognized with the 1959 physics prize.

• Hannes AlfvénRelated: Alfvén received the 1970 prize for foundational work in plasma physics.

• Heinrich RohrerRelated: The 1986 award honored Rohrer and Binnig for the scanning tunneling microscope.

• Johannes Diderik van der WaalsRelated: Van der Waals received the 1910 prize for his equation of state for gases and liquids.

• Leon CooperRelated: The 1972 award recognized Cooper, Bardeen, and Schrieffer for their theory of superconductivity.

• Lester GermerRelated: Davisson received the 1937 prize for experimental discovery of electron diffraction; Germer was not a recipient.

• Manne SiegbahnRelated: The 1924 award recognized Siegbahn’s work on X-ray spectroscopy.

• Martin RyleRelated: Ryle shared the 1974 prize for discoveries in radio astrophysics.

• Masatoshi KoshibaRelated: Koshiba received the 2002 prize for pioneering contributions to astrophysics, particularly cosmic-neutrino detection.

• Max von LaueRelated: Laue received the 1914 prize for his discovery of X-ray diffraction by crystals.

• Otto SternRelated: Stern received the 1943 prize for his molecular-ray method and discovery of the proton’s magnetic moment.

• Shuji NakamuraRelated: Nakamura shared the 2014 prize for the invention of efficient blue LEDs.

• Steven ChuRelated: The 1997 award recognized Chu’s methods for cooling and trapping atoms.

• Isamu AkasakiRelated: The 2014 prize recognized Akasaki, Amano, and Nakamura for efficient blue light-emitting diodes.

• Isidor RabiRelated: Rabi received the 1944 award for his resonance method and measurements of nuclear magnetic properties.

• James CroninRelated: Cronin shared the 1980 prize with Val Fitch for discovering violations of fundamental symmetry principles.

• Owen ChamberlainRelated: Chamberlain and Segrè received the 1959 prize for discovering the antiproton.

• Roy J. GlauberRelated: Glauber received half of the 2005 prize for quantum theory of optical coherence.

• William Alfred FowlerRelated: Fowler shared the 1983 prize for research on nuclear reactions in stars.

• Andre GeimRelated: The 2010 prize recognized Geim and Novoselov’s experiments on graphene.

• David Lee (physicist)Related: The 1996 prize recognized Lee, Richardson, and Osheroff for their discovery.

• Dennis GaborRelated: Gabor received the 1971 prize for his invention and development of holography.

• Discovery of the neutronRelated: Chadwick received the 1935 prize for the discovery of the neutron.

• Edward Mills PurcellRelated: Purcell and Felix Bloch received the 1952 prize for their independent discoveries of nuclear magnetic resonance.

• Ernest WaltonRelated: Walton and Cockcroft shared the 1951 prize for their work on atomic nuclei.

• J. Michael KosterlitzRelated: Kosterlitz shared the 2016 prize for theoretical discoveries of topological phase transitions and topological phases of matter.

• John Robert SchriefferRelated: Schrieffer shared the 1972 prize for the theory of superconductivity developed with Bardeen and Cooper.

• Leo EsakiRelated: Esaki shared the 1973 award for experimental discoveries concerning tunneling phenomena in semiconductors and superconductors.

• Nikolay BasovRelated: The 1964 award recognized Basov, Prokhorov, and Townes for foundational work in quantum electronics.

• Peter GrünbergRelated: The 2007 prize recognized Grünberg and Fert for giant magnetoresistance.

• Robert B. LaughlinRelated: Laughlin shared the 1998 prize with Tsui and Störmer for work on the fractional quantum Hall effect.

• Rudolf MössbauerRelated: Mössbauer received the 1961 prize for his discovery and research on the effect.

• Zhores AlferovRelated: The 2000 award recognized Alferov and Herbert Kroemer for developing semiconductor heterostructures.

• Carlo RubbiaRelated: Rubbia and van der Meer received the 1984 prize for their work leading to the boson discovery.

• George E. SmithRelated: Smith and Boyle received the 2009 prize for inventing the CCD.

• Gérard MourouRelated: Mourou shared its 2018 award for the invention of chirped pulse amplification.