# Nobel Prize in Physics laureates of the 1920s

Every Nobel Prize in Physics laureate between 1920 and 1929, with the year and the Nobel Foundation's official citation. Which discovery do you think mattered most?

- 103 votes · 12 items
- Jun 16, 2020 · cientifica_bucaramanga
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## Top 12

1. **Albert Einstein** (10 · ▲12 ▼2) — 1921. For his services to Theoretical Physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect.
2. **Niels Henrik David Bohr** (10 · ▲11 ▼1) — 1922. For his services in the investigation of the structure of atoms and of the radiation emanating from them.
3. **Charles Édouard Guillaume** (9 · ▲12 ▼3) — 1920. In recognition of the service he has rendered to precision measurements in Physics by his discovery of anomalies in nickel steel alloys.
4. **Robert Andrews Millikan** (8 · ▲9 ▼1) — 1923. For his work on the elementary charge of electricity and on the photoelectric effect.
5. **Karl Manne Georg Siegbahn** (8 · ▲9 ▼1) — 1924. For his discoveries and research in the field of X-ray spectroscopy.
6. **James Franck** (6 · ▲6 ▼0) — 1925. For their discovery of the laws governing the impact of an electron upon an atom.
7. **Gustav Ludwig Hertz** (6 · ▲6 ▼0) — 1925. For their discovery of the laws governing the impact of an electron upon an atom.
8. **Louis-Victor Pierre Raymond de Broglie** (5 · ▲6 ▼1) — 1929. For his discovery of the wave nature of electrons.
9. **Jean Baptiste Perrin** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — 1926. For his work on the discontinuous structure of matter, and especially for his discovery of sedimentation equilibrium.
10. **Arthur Holly Compton** (1 · ▲4 ▼3) — 1927. For his discovery of the effect named after him.
11. **Owen Willans Richardson** (1 · ▲3 ▼2) — 1928. For his work on the thermionic phenomenon and especially for the discovery of the law named after him.
12. **Charles Thomson Rees Wilson** (0 · ▲3 ▼3) — 1927. For his method of making the paths of electrically charged particles visible by condensation of vapour.

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