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Nobel Prize (Physics): For the X-rays he discovered in 1895. Not for relativity: that was seen as too controversial. The first woman ever to win a Nobel Prize. The foundation of all of quantum physics. The 'Bohr model' shaped our picture of how atoms are built. He became famous for the uncertainty principle. Also famous for the thought experiment 'Schrödinger's cat'. He used the trip to the ceremony to flee fascist Italy for the USA. 1956 for the transistor, 1972 for the theory of superconductivity. Good to know: Röntgen gave the prize money to his university and refused a patent: X-rays were to belong to everyone. Einstein won not for relativity but for the photoelectric effect: a cornerstone of quantum physics. Curie was the first woman to win a Nobel: at first the committee meant to honour only her husband. Planck's energy quanta ushered in quantum physics: he himself first thought the idea a mere „mathematical trick“. Bohr's atom model still adorns countless logos: his Copenhagen institute became the hub of early quantum physics.
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Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen
For the X-rays he discovered in 1895.
💡 Did you know? Röntgen gave the prize money to his university and refused a patent: X-rays were to belong to everyone.
Albert Einstein
Not for relativity: that was seen as too controversial.
💡 Did you know? Einstein won not for relativity but for the photoelectric effect: a cornerstone of quantum physics.
Marie Curie
The first woman ever to win a Nobel Prize.
💡 Did you know? Curie was the first woman to win a Nobel: at first the committee meant to honour only her husband.
Max Planck
The foundation of all of quantum physics.
💡 Did you know? Planck's energy quanta ushered in quantum physics: he himself first thought the idea a mere „mathematical trick“.
Niels Bohr
The 'Bohr model' shaped our picture of how atoms are built.
💡 Did you know? Bohr's atom model still adorns countless logos: his Copenhagen institute became the hub of early quantum physics.
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