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Nobel Prize in Physics

Sweden · Science / Physics. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

3Records
1924–1981Date range
3Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1924

Manne Georg Siegbahn10 December 1924

Stockholm · Science / Physics

Receives the physics prize for discoveries in X-ray spectroscopy.

1970

Hannes Olof Gosta Alfven10 December 1970

Stockholm · Science / Physics

Shares the physics prize for foundational work in magnetohydrodynamics.

1981

Kai Manne Borje Siegbahn10 December 1981

Stockholm · Science / Physics

Shares the physics prize for high-resolution electron spectroscopy.

Names involved

Hannes Olof Gosta AlfvenKai Manne Borje SiegbahnManne Georg Siegbahn

Provenance

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