# Nobel Prize in Physics laureates of the 1990s

Every Nobel Prize in Physics laureate between 1990 and 1999, with the year and the Nobel Foundation's official citation. Which discovery do you think mattered most?

- 39 votes · 22 items
- Nov 8, 2022 · cientifica_lento
- https://even.best/en/l/1215/nobel-prize-in-physics-laureates-of-the-1990s

## Top 22

1. **Henry W. Kendall** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — 1990. For their pioneering investigations concerning deep inelastic scattering of electrons on protons and bound neutrons, which have been of essential importance for the development of the quark model in particle physics.
2. **Georges Charpak** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — 1992. For his invention and development of particle detectors, in particular the multiwire proportional chamber.
3. **Jerome I. Friedman** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — 1990. For their pioneering investigations concerning deep inelastic scattering of electrons on protons and bound neutrons, which have been of essential importance for the development of the quark model in particle physics.
4. **Richard E. Taylor** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — 1990. For their pioneering investigations concerning deep inelastic scattering of electrons on protons and bound neutrons, which have been of essential importance for the development of the quark model in particle physics.
5. **Pierre-Gilles de Gennes** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — 1991. For discovering that methods developed for studying order phenomena in simple systems can be generalized to more complex forms of matter, in particular to liquid crystals and polymers.
6. **Russell A. Hulse** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 1993. For the discovery of a new type of pulsar, a discovery that has opened up new possibilities for the study of gravitation.
7. **Bertram N. Brockhouse** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 1994. For the development of neutron spectroscopy.
8. **Martin L. Perl** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 1995. For the discovery of the tau lepton.
9. **Steven Chu** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 1997. For development of methods to cool and trap atoms with laser light.
10. **Claude Cohen-Tannoudji** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 1997. For development of methods to cool and trap atoms with laser light.
11. **Robert C. Richardson** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — 1996. For their discovery of superfluidity in helium-3.
12. **Joseph H. Taylor Jr.** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1993. For the discovery of a new type of pulsar, a discovery that has opened up new possibilities for the study of gravitation.
13. **Clifford G. Shull** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1994. For the development of the neutron diffraction technique.
14. **William D. Phillips** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1997. For development of methods to cool and trap atoms with laser light.
15. **Robert B. Laughlin** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1998. For their discovery of a new form of quantum fluid with fractionally charged excitations.
16. **Gerardus 't Hooft** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1999. For elucidating the quantum structure of electroweak interactions in physics.
17. **Frederick Reines** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — 1995. For the detection of the neutrino.
18. **David M. Lee** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1996. For their discovery of superfluidity in helium-3.
19. **Douglas D. Osheroff** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1996. For their discovery of superfluidity in helium-3.
20. **Horst L. Störmer** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1998. For their discovery of a new form of quantum fluid with fractionally charged excitations.
21. **Daniel C. Tsui** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1998. For their discovery of a new form of quantum fluid with fractionally charged excitations.
22. **Martinus J. G. Veltman** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1999. For elucidating the quantum structure of electroweak interactions in physics.

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