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1/36

Charles K.Kao

Willard S. Boyle George E. Smith

China USA USA

b. 1933 b. 1924 b. 1930

Yoichiro Nambu Makoto Kobayashi Toshihide Maskawa

USA Japan Japan

b. 1921 b. 1944 b. 1940

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2/36

Albert Fert Peter Grnberg

France Germany

b. 1938 b. 1939

John C.Mather

George F. Smoot

USA USA

b. 1946 b. 1945

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3/36

Roy J.Glauber

John L. Hall Theodor W. Hnsch

USA USA Germany

b. 1925 b. 1934 b. 1941

David J.Gross

H. David Politzer Frank Wilczek

USA USA USA

b. 1941 b. 1949 b. 1951

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4/36

Alexei A.Abrikosov

Vitaly L. Ginzburg Anthony J. Leggett

USA and Russia Russia UK and USA

b. 1928 b. 1916 b. 1938

Raymond DavisJr.

Masatoshi Koshiba Riccardo Giacconi

USA Japan USA

b. 1914d. 2006

b. 1926 b. 1931(in Genoa, Italy)

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Eric A.Cornell

Wolfgang Ketterle Carl E. Wieman

USA Federal Republic of Germany

USA

b. 1961 b. 1957 b. 1951

Zhores I.Alferov

Herbert Kroemer Jack S. Kilby

Russia Germany USA

b. 1930 b. 1928 b. 1923

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d. 2005

Gerardus 't

Hooft

Martinus J.G. Veltman

the Netherlands the Netherlands

b. 1946 b. 1931

Robert B.Laughlin

Horst L. Strmer Daniel C. Tsui

USA Federal Republic of Germany

USA

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b. 1950 b. 1949 b. 1939

Steven Chu Claude Cohen-Tannoudji William D. Phillips

USA France USA

b. 1948 b. 1933 b. 1948

David M. Lee Douglas D. Osheroff Robert C. Richardson

USA USA USA

b. 1931 b. 1945 b. 1937

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Martin L. Perl Frederick Reines Russell A. Hulse

USA USA USA

b. 1927 b. 1918d. 1998

b. 1950

Bertram N.Brockhouse

Clifford G. Shull Joseph H. Taylor Jr.

Canada USA USA

b. 1918d. 2003

b. 1915d. 2001

b. 1941

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9/36

GeorgesCharpak

Pierre-Gilles de Gennes

France France

b. 1924 b. 1932d. 2007

Jerome I.Friedman

Henry W. Kendall Richard E. Taylor

USA USA Canada

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b. 1930 b. 1926d. 1999

b. 1929

Norman F.Ramsey

Hans G. Dehmelt Wolfgang Paul

USA USA Germany

b. 1915 b. 1922 b. 1913d. 1993

Leon M.Lederman

Melvin Schwartz Jack Steinberger

USA USA USA

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11/36

b. 1922 b. 1932d. 2006

b. 1921

J. GeorgBednorz

K. Alexander Mller

Germany Switzerland

b. 1950 b. 1927

Ernst Ruska Gerd Binnig Heinrich Rohrer

Germany Germany Switzerland

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b. 1906d. 1988

b. 1947 b. 1933

Klaus vonKlitzing

Carlo Rubbia Simon van der Meer

Germany Italy the Netherlands

b. 1943 b. 1934 b. 1925

SChandrasekhar William Alfred Fowler Kenneth G. Wilson

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13/36

USA USA USA

b. 1910

d. 1995

b. 1911

d. 1995

b. 1936

Nicolaas

Bloembergen

Arthur Leonard

Schawlow

Kai M. Siegbahn

USA USA Sweden

b. 1920 b. 1921d. 1999

b. 1918d. 2007

7/30/2019 The Nobel Prize in Physics 2009

14/36

James WatsonCronin

Val Logsdon Fitch

USA USA

b. 1931 b. 1923

Sheldon LeeGlashow

Abdus Salam Steven Weinberg

USA Pakistan USA

b. 1932 b. 1926d. 1996

b. 1933

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15/36

PyotrLeonidovich

Kapitsa

Arno Allan Penzias Robert Woodrow

Wilson

USSR USA USA

b. 1894d. 1984

b. 1933 b. 1936

Philip WarrenAnderson

Sir Nevill Francis

Mott

John Hasbrouck van

Vleck

USA United Kingdom USA

b. 1923 b. 1905 b. 1899

7/30/2019 The Nobel Prize in Physics 2009

16/36

d. 1996 d. 1980

Burton

Richter

Samuel Chao Chung Ting

USA USA

b. 1931 b. 1936

Aage NielsBohr

Ben Roy Mottelson Leo James Rainwater

Denmark Denmark USA

7/30/2019 The Nobel Prize in Physics 2009

17/36

b. 1922d. 2009

b. 1926 b. 1917d. 1986

Sir Martin Ryle Antony Hewish

United Kingdom United Kingdom

b. 1918d. 1984

b. 1924

Leo Esaki Ivar Giaever Brian David Josephson

Japan USA United Kingdom

7/30/2019 The Nobel Prize in Physics 2009

18/36

b. 1925 b. 1929 b. 1940

John

Bardeen

Leon Neil Cooper John Robert Schrieffer

USA USA USA

b. 1908d. 1991

b. 1930 b. 1931

Dennis Gabor Hannes Olof GstaAlfvn

Louis Eugne Flix

Nel

7/30/2019 The Nobel Prize in Physics 2009

19/36

UnitedKingdom

Sweden France

b. 1900d. 1979

b. 1908d. 1995

b. 1904d. 2000

Murray Gell-Mann

Luis Walter AlvarezHans Albrecht Bethe

USA USA USA

b. 1929 b. 1911d. 1988

b. 1906d. 2005

Alfred Kastler L D Landau Frits (Frederik) Zernike

7/30/2019 The Nobel Prize in Physics 2009

20/36

France USSR the Netherlands

b. 1902d. 1984

b. 1908d. 1968

b. 1888d. 1966

Sin-ItiroTomonaga

Julian Schwinger Richard P. Feynman

Japan USA USA

b. 1906d. 1979

b. 1918d. 1994

b. 1918d. 1988

Charles HardTownes

Nicolay

Gennadiyevich Basov

Aleksandr

Mikhailovich

7/30/2019 The Nobel Prize in Physics 2009

21/36

Prokhorov

USA USSR USSR

b. 1915 b. 1922

d. 2001

b. 1916

d. 2002

Eugene Paul Wigner Maria Goeppert-Mayer

J. Hans D. Jensen

USA USA Germany

b.1902d. 1995

b. 1906d. 1972

b. 1907d. 1973

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22/36

Robert Hofstadter R L Mssbauer Donald Arthur Glaser

USA Germany USA

b. 1915

d. 1990

b. 1929 b. 1926

Emilio GinoSegr

Owen Chamberlain

USA USA

b. 1905d. 1989

b. 1920d. 2006

7/30/2019 The Nobel Prize in Physics 2009

23/36

PavelAlekseyevich

Cherenkov

Ilja Mikhailovich

Frank

Igor Yevgenyevich

Tamm

USSR USSR USSR

b. 1904d. 1990

b. 1908d. 1990

b. 1895d. 1971

Chen NingYang

Tsung-Dao Lee

China China

b. 1922 b. 1926

7/30/2019 The Nobel Prize in Physics 2009

24/36

William BradfordShockley

John Bardeen Walter Houser

Brattain

USA USA USA

b. 1910d. 1989

b. 1908d. 1991

b. 1902d. 1987

Willis Eugene

Lamb

Polykarp Kusch Max Born

USA USA UK

b. 1913d. 2008

b. 1911d. 1993

b. 1882d. 1970

7/30/2019 The Nobel Prize in Physics 2009

25/36

WaltherBothe

Felix Bloch Edward Mills Purcell

Germany USA USA

b. 1891d. 1957

b. 1905d. 1983

b. 1912d. 1997

Cecil FrankPowell

Hideki Yukawa P M S Blackett

United Kingdom Japan United Kingdom

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b. 1903d. 1969

b. 1907d. 1981

b. 1897d. 1974

Sir E VAppleton

P W Bridgman Wolfgang Pauli

UK USA Austria

b. 1892d. 1965

b. 1882d. 1961

b. 1900d. 1958

Isidor IsaacRabi

Otto Stern E O Lawrence

USA USA USA

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b. 1898d. 1988

b. 1888d. 1969

b. 1901d. 1958

Enrico Fermi Clinton JosephDavisson

George Paget

Thomson

Italy USA United Kingdom

b. 1901d. 1954

b. 1881d. 1958

b. 1892d. 1975

Victor Franz Hess Carl David Anderson James Chadwick

7/30/2019 The Nobel Prize in Physics 2009

28/36

Austria USA United Kingdom

b. 1883

d. 1964

b. 1905

d. 1991

b. 1891

d. 1974

ErwinSchrdinger

P A M Dirac W K Heisenberg

Austria UK Germany

b. 1887d. 1961

b. 1902d. 1984

b. 1901d. 1976

7/30/2019 The Nobel Prize in Physics 2009

29/36

Sir C VRaman

Louis- de Broglie O W Richardson

India France UK

b. 1888d. 1970 b. 1892d. 1987 b. 1879d. 1959

Arthur HollyCompton

C T R Wilson Jean Baptiste Perrin

USA UK France

b. 1892d. 1962

b. 1869d. 1959

b. 1870d. 1942

7/30/2019 The Nobel Prize in Physics 2009

30/36

James Franck Gustav Ludwig Hertz K M G Siegbahn

Germany Germany Sweden

b. 1882d. 1964

b. 1887d. 1975

b. 1886d. 1978

Robert Andrews

Millikan

Niels Bohr Albert Einstein

USA Denmark Germany Switzerland

b. 1868d. 1953

b. 1885d. 1962

b. 1879

d. 1955

7/30/2019 The Nobel Prize in Physics 2009

31/36

Charles Glover Barkla Sir William Henry Bragg William Lawrence Bra

United Kingdom United Kingdom United Kingdom

b. 1877

d. 1944

b. 1862

d. 1942

b. 1890

d. 1971

C E Guillaume Johannes Stark Max Planck

Switzerland Germany Germany

b. 1861d. 1938

b. 1874d. 1957

b. 1858d. 1947

7/30/2019 The Nobel Prize in Physics 2009

32/36

Max von Laue Heike Kamerlingh Onnes Nils Gustaf Daln

Germany the Netherlands Sweden

b. 1879

d. 1960

b. 1853

d. 1926

b. 1869

d. 1937

Wilhelm Wien J D van der Waals Gabriel Lippmann

Germany Netherlands France

b. 1864

d. 1928

b. 1837

d. 1923

b. 1845

d. 1921

7/30/2019 The Nobel Prize in Physics 2009

33/36

Guglielmo

Marconi

Karl Ferdinand Braun Albert Abraham

Michelson

Italy Germany USA

b. 1874

d. 1937

b. 1850

d. 1918

b. 1852

d. 1931

seph John

Thomson

P E A von Lenard

United Kingdom Germany

b. 1856

d. 1940

b. 1862

d. 1947

7/30/2019 The Nobel Prize in Physics 2009

34/36

Lord Rayleigh)

United Kingdom

b. 1842

d. 1919

Antoine Henri

Becquerel

Pierre Curie Marie Curie, ne

Sklodowska

France France France

b. 1852

d. 1908

b. 1859

d. 1906

b. 1867

d. 1934

7/30/2019 The Nobel Prize in Physics 2009

35/36

Hendrik

Antoon

Lorentz

Pieter Zeeman Wilhelm Conrad

Rntgen

theNetherlands

the Netherlands Germany

b. 1853

d. 1928

b. 1865

d. 1943

b. 1845

d. 1923

Sir John Douglas Cockcroft Ernest Thomas Sinton Walton

United Kingdom Ireland

b. 1897

d. 1967

b. 1903

d. 1995

7/30/2019 The Nobel Prize in Physics 2009

36/36

The Nobel Prize in Physics 1951"for their pioneer work on the transmutation of atomicnuclei by artificially accelerated atomic particles"