# Nobel Prize in Physics laureates of the 1960s

Every Nobel Prize in Physics laureate between 1960 and 1969, with the year and the Nobel Foundation's official citation. Which discovery do you think mattered most?

- 1659 votes · 17 items
- Feb 18, 2019 · Craig
- https://even.best/en/l/1212/nobel-prize-in-physics-laureates-of-the-1960s

## Top 17

1. **Donald Arthur Glaser** (166 · ▲177 ▼11) — 1960. For the invention of the bubble chamber.
2. **Robert Hofstadter** (140 · ▲152 ▼12) — 1961. For his pioneering studies of electron scattering in atomic nuclei and for his thereby achieved discoveries concerning the structure of the nucleons.
3. **Lev Davidovich Landau** (95 · ▲114 ▼19) — 1962. For his pioneering theories for condensed matter, especially liquid helium.
4. **Rudolf Ludwig Mössbauer** (94 · ▲114 ▼20) — 1961. For his researches concerning the resonance absorption of gamma radiation and his discovery in this connection of the effect which bears his name.
5. **Eugene Paul Wigner** (77 · ▲91 ▼14) — 1963. For his contributions to the theory of the atomic nucleus and the elementary particles, particularly through the discovery and application of fundamental symmetry principles.
6. **Maria Goeppert Mayer** (75 · ▲94 ▼19) — 1963. For their discoveries concerning nuclear shell structure.
7. **Charles Hard Townes** (73 · ▲87 ▼14) — 1964. For fundamental work in the field of quantum electronics, which has led to the construction of oscillators and amplifiers based on the maser-laser principle.
8. **J. Hans D. Jensen** (68 · ▲81 ▼13) — 1963. For their discoveries concerning nuclear shell structure.
9. **Nicolay Gennadiyevich Basov** (62 · ▲73 ▼11) — 1964. For fundamental work in the field of quantum electronics, which has led to the construction of oscillators and amplifiers based on the maser-laser principle.
10. **Aleksandr Mikhailovich Prokhorov** (58 · ▲73 ▼15) — 1964. For fundamental work in the field of quantum electronics, which has led to the construction of oscillators and amplifiers based on the maser-laser principle.
11. **Julian Schwinger** (55 · ▲66 ▼11) — 1965. For their fundamental work in quantum electrodynamics, with deep-ploughing consequences for the physics of elementary particles.
12. **Sin-Itiro Tomonaga** (47 · ▲61 ▼14) — 1965. For their fundamental work in quantum electrodynamics, with deep-ploughing consequences for the physics of elementary particles.
13. **Hans Albrecht Bethe** (45 · ▲53 ▼8) — 1967. For his contributions to the theory of nuclear reactions, especially his discoveries concerning the energy production in stars.
14. **Richard P. Feynman** (40 · ▲54 ▼14) — 1965. For their fundamental work in quantum electrodynamics, with deep-ploughing consequences for the physics of elementary particles.
15. **Alfred Kastler** (37 · ▲51 ▼14) — 1966. For the discovery and development of optical methods for studying Hertzian resonances in atoms.
16. **Luis Walter Alvarez** (27 · ▲39 ▼12) — 1968. For his decisive contributions to elementary particle physics, in particular the discovery of a large number of resonance states, made possible through his development of the technique of using hydrogen bubble chamber and data analysis.
17. **Murray Gell-Mann** (24 · ▲41 ▼17) — 1969. For his contributions and discoveries concerning the classification of elementary particles and their interactions.

How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.