2013 Physics Prize will be announced in:
9 days
Tuesday October 8, 11:45 a.m.
Number: 106 Prizes to 194 Laureates
Average age of a Physics Laureate: 55
Awarded women: 2
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“The said interest shall be divided into five equal parts, which shall be apportioned as follows: /- - -/ one part to the person who shall have made the most important discovery or invention within the field of physics ...”
(Excerpt from the will of Alfred Nobel)
Physics was the prize area which Alfred Nobel mentioned first in his will. At the end of the nineteenth century, many people considered physics as the foremost of the sciences, and perhaps Nobel saw it this way as well. His own research was also closely tied to physics.
The Nobel Prize in Physics is awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden.
PHYSICS PRIZE 2012 Haroche controls and measures trapped photons, or particles of light, by sending atoms through a trap.
More on Serge HarochePHYSICS PRIZE 2012 Wineland traps electrically charged atoms, or ions, controlling and measuring them with light, or photons.
More on David WinelandPHYSICS PRIZE 2012 Serge Haroche receiving his Nobel Prize from His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2012.
Transistors are devices that control the movement of electrons, and consequently, electricity. They are the major component in all digital circuits, including computer microprocessors which contain millions of microscopic transistors.
The Transistor in a Century of ElectronicsPHYSICS PRIZE 1956 William Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain were awarded a Nobel Prize for the invention of the transistor in 1947. John Bardeen is the only person awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics twice.
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