Nobel Prize in Physics laureates of the 1920s
The top 3 according to 103 votes from people: Albert Einstein · Niels Henrik David Bohr · Charles Édouard Guillaume. (Updated Jun 16, 2020.)
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?
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Top 12
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Albert Einstein
1921. For his services to Theoretical Physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect.
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Niels Henrik David Bohr
1922. For his services in the investigation of the structure of atoms and of the radiation emanating from them.
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Charles Édouard Guillaume
1920. In recognition of the service he has rendered to precision measurements in Physics by his discovery of anomalies in nickel steel alloys.
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Robert Andrews Millikan
1923. For his work on the elementary charge of electricity and on the photoelectric effect.
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Karl Manne Georg Siegbahn
1924. For his discoveries and research in the field of X-ray spectroscopy.
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James Franck
1925. For their discovery of the laws governing the impact of an electron upon an atom.
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Gustav Ludwig Hertz
1925. For their discovery of the laws governing the impact of an electron upon an atom.
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Louis-Victor Pierre Raymond de Broglie
1929. For his discovery of the wave nature of electrons.
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Jean Baptiste Perrin
1926. For his work on the discontinuous structure of matter, and especially for his discovery of sedimentation equilibrium.
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Arthur Holly Compton
1927. For his discovery of the effect named after him.
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Owen Willans Richardson
1928. For his work on the thermionic phenomenon and especially for the discovery of the law named after him.
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Charles Thomson Rees Wilson
1927. For his method of making the paths of electrically charged particles visible by condensation of vapour.
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Comments (4)
Einstein ganó por el efecto fotoeléctrico, no por la relatividad, dato curioso.
Bohr y su modelo atómico, imprescindible.
Compton y su efecto, lo estudié en la carrera.
De Broglie con la dualidad onda-partícula, siendo casi un estudiante.