List of Nobel Prize laureates in physics
Year Name Achievement 1901 W. Röntgen For the discovery of the rays named after him (X-rays). 1902 H.
Optics
The nature of light, refraction and reflection, interference, diffraction and polarisation, lasers and optical instruments.
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Ernst Karl Abbe
Ernst Karl Abbe (23.I 1840 - 14.I 1905) was a German optical physicist.
Oscillations and waves. Optics. Acoustics
The addition of oscillations:
A hand on the screen
AIM OF THE EXPERIMENT: To show how an epidiascope works.
Polarised light
AIM OF THE EXPERIMENT: To find out how polarised light travels.
The rainbow film
AIM OF THE EXPERIMENT: To split light into colours.
The reversed name
AIM OF THE EXPERIMENT: To see what an image in a mirror looks like.
Alexandrov, Evgeny Borisovich
Evgeny Borisovich Alexandrov (born 13.04.1936) is a Soviet experimental physicist and a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1979).
Alhazen
Alhazen (the Latinised name of Abu Ali al-Haytham) (965 — 1039) was an Arab scholar and the best-known physicist of the Middle Ages.
Arago, Dominique François
Dominique François Arago (26.02.1786 - 2.X 1853) was a French scientist and politician and a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1809), from 1830 its permanent secretary.
Ardenne, Manfred von
Manfred von Ardenne (born 20.I 1907) is a German physicist and a member of the Academy of Sciences of the GDR.
Babinet, Jacques
Jacques Babinet (5.03.1794-21.X 1872) was a French physicist and astronomer and a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1840).
Barlow, Peter
Peter Barlow (13.10.1776-1.03.1862) was an English physicist and mathematician and a Fellow of the Royal Society (from 1823).
Bartholinus, Erasmus
Erasmus Bartholinus (13.08.1625-4.11.1698) was a Danish physicist and mathematician.
Basov, Nikolai Gennadiyevich
Nikolai Gennadiyevich Basov (born 14.12.1922) is a Soviet physicist, one of the founders of quantum electronics, and an academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1966; a corresponding member from 1962).
Becquerel, Alexandre-Edmond
Alexandre-Edmond Becquerel (24.03.1820-02.05.1891) was a French physicist and a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1863), its president in 1880.
Becquerel, Antoine Henri
Antoine Henri Becquerel (15.XII.1852-25.08.1908) was a French physicist and a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1889), its president in 1908.
Biot, Jean-Baptiste
Jean-Baptiste Biot (21.04.1774-3.02.1862) was a French physicist and a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1803).
Bloembergen, Nicolaas
Nicolaas Bloembergen (born 11.03.1920) is an American physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1960).
Boyko, Boris Borisovich
Boris Borisovich Boyko (born 6.08.1923) is a Soviet physicist and an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Byelorussian SSR (1974).