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Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901 2026-10-18
Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen received the award for discovering X-rays.[ref]
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1901 by Nobel Prize Outreach. Official summary: laureates, prize shares and motivation
The Röntgen X-ray discovery experiment follows how a glowing screen led to tests of a new penetrating electromagnetic radiation. Nobel Prize in Physics in 1902 2026-10-18
Hendrik Antoon Lorentz and Pieter Zeeman shared the award equally for research on magnetic influences on electromagnetic radiation.[ref]
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1902 by Nobel Prize Outreach. Official summary: laureates, prize shares and motivation
The Zeeman discovery experiment of 1896 connects this award to changes in spectral lines. Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903 2026-10-18
One half went to Henri Becquerel for discovering spontaneous radioactivity. Pierre Curie and Marie Curie each received one quarter for investigating that radiation.[ref]
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1903 by Nobel Prize Outreach. Official summary: laureates, prize shares and motivation
Becquerel's uranium-radiation experiment and Curie ionization-current measurement expose two complementary experimental routes into radioactivity. Nobel Prize in Physics in 1904 2026-10-18
Lord Rayleigh received the award for gas-mass density investigations and the discovery of argon.[ref]
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1904 by Nobel Prize Outreach. Official summary: laureates, prize shares and motivation
The Rayleigh-Ramsay argon density experiment shows how a small reproducible density discrepancy can reveal a new chemical element. Nobel Prize in Physics in 1905 Created 2026-10-18 Updated 2026-10-20
Philipp Lenard received the award for research on cathode rays.[ref]
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1905 by Nobel Prize Outreach. Official summary: laureates, prize shares and motivation
The Lenard cathode-ray window experiment separates the source region from the region where the emerging electrons are studied. Nobel Prize in Physics in 1906 Created 2026-10-18 Updated 2026-10-20
Joseph John Thomson received the award for theoretical and experimental research on electric currents through gases.[ref]
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1906 by Nobel Prize Outreach. Official summary: laureates, prize shares and motivation
The Thomson charge-to-mass experiment connects cathode rays to the measurable charge-to-mass ratio of an electron. Nobel Prize in Physics in 1907 2026-10-18
Albert Abraham Michelson received the award for precise optical instruments and their use in spectroscopy and metrology.[ref]
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1907 by Nobel Prize Outreach. Official summary: laureates, prize shares and motivation
The Michelson interferometer converts relative wave phase into a readout for precise length measurements. Nobel Prize in Physics in 1908 2026-10-18
Gabriel Lippmann received the award for a photographic colour-recording method based on interference.[ref]
All Nobel Prizes in Physics by Nobel Prize Outreach. Physics 1908: laureate and award motivation
The Lippmann colour-recording experiment stores a standing wave pattern in a photographic layer. Nobel Prize in Physics in 1909 2026-10-18
Guglielmo Marconi and Karl Ferdinand Braun shared the award equally for developing wireless telegraphy.[ref]
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1909 by Nobel Prize Outreach. Official summary: laureates, prize shares and motivation
Braun's receiver coupling experiment connects that history to resonance and the selectivity of a receiver. Nobel Prize in Physics in 1910 2026-10-18
Johannes Diderik van der Waals received the award for an equation of state describing gases and liquids.[ref]
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1910 by Nobel Prize Outreach. Official summary: laureates, prize shares and motivation
The Van der Waals equation connects that description to a Van der Waals critical point and Van der Waals liquid-gas coexistence. Nobel Prize in Physics in 1911 2026-10-18
Wilhelm Wien received the award for discoveries concerning the laws of thermal radiation.[ref]
All Nobel Prizes in Physics by Nobel Prize Outreach. Physics 1911: laureate and award motivation
Wien's displacement law connects a blackbody spectrum's peak wavelength to its temperature. Nobel Prize in Physics in 1912 2026-10-18
Awarded to Gustaf Dalén for automatic regulators used with gas accumulators for lighthouse and buoy lighting. The sun valve and Dalén light connect the award to mechanical engineering.[ref]
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1912 by Nobel Prize Outreach. Official award record: automatic regulators and marine lighting
Nobel Prize in Physics in 1913 2026-10-18
Awarded to Heike Kamerlingh Onnes for investigations of matter at low temperatures, including helium liquefaction. The award's scope includes the experimental means of reaching those conditions.[ref]
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1913 by Nobel Prize Outreach. Official award record: low-temperature properties and liquid-helium production
Nobel Prize in Physics in 1914 2026-10-18
Awarded to Max von Laue for the discovery of X-ray diffraction by crystals.[ref]
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1914 by Nobel Prize Outreach. Official award record: laureate and diffraction subject
Nobel Prize in Physics in 1915 2026-10-18
Awarded jointly to William Henry Bragg and William Lawrence Bragg for methods of determining crystal structures using X-rays. Bragg's law connects measured angles to lattice-plane spacings.[ref]
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1915 by Nobel Prize Outreach. Official award record: laureates and crystal-structure subject
Nobel Prize in Physics in 1916 2026-10-18
No award was made that year.[ref]
Facts on the Nobel Prize in Physics by Nobel Prize Outreach. Years without an award: 1916 is one of the six listed
Nobel Prize in Physics in 1917 2026-10-18
Awarded to Charles Glover Barkla for characteristic X-rays of the chemical elements; he received it in 1918. The Barkla characteristic X-ray experiment describes the experimental separation of components.[ref]
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1917 by Nobel Prize Outreach. Official award record: Barkla, characteristic radiation and deferred receipt in 1918
Nobel Prize in Physics in 1918 2026-10-18
Awarded to Max Planck for the discovery of energy quanta; he received it in 1919. Planck's law connects quantization with the measured spectrum of black-body radiation.[ref]
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1918 by Nobel Prize Outreach. Official award record: Planck, energy quanta and deferred receipt in 1919
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