Raymond Davis Jr, Photo: Roger Stoutenburgh, Copyright © Brookhaven National Laboratory

Nobel Laureate Raymond Davis Jr.

The Nobel Prize in Physics

In 1901 the very first Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Wilhelm Röntgen for his discovery of X-rays. In more recent years, the Physics Nobel Prize has been awarded for both pioneering discoveries and groundbreaking inventions.

2007 Nobel Prize in Physics The 2007 Nobel Prize in Physics goes to Albert Fert and Peter Grünberg "for the discovery of giant magnetoresistance".

2006 Nobel Laureates John C. Mather and George F. Smoot were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for their discoveries supporting the Big Bang theory. Read more about the 2006 Nobel Laureates here.

2005 Nobel Laureates The Nobel Prize in Physics 2005 was awarded to "the father of quantum optics", Roy Glauber, along with John Hall and Theodor Hänsch, who achieved a previously unattained precision in laser spectroscopy.

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