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Nobel Prize

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

3Records
1912–1970Date range
3Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1912

Nils Dalen1912

Stockholm · Science / Physics

Receives the Nobel Prize in Physics for automatic regulators used with gas accumulators in lighthouses and buoys.

1924

Karl Manne Georg Siegbahn1924

Stockholm · Science / Physics

Receives the Nobel Prize in Physics for discoveries and research in X-ray spectroscopy.

1970

Hannes Alfven1970

Stockholm · Science / Physics

Shares the Nobel Prize in Physics for fundamental work and discoveries in magnetohydrodynamics and plasma physics.

Names involved

Hannes AlfvenKarl Manne Georg SiegbahnNils Dalen

Provenance

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