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Background Information: The Nobel Prize in Physics by the Numbers

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Su Jianlin October 7, 2009 #166

The 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics was announced on the 6th, awarded to British-Chinese scientist Charles K. Kao and American scientists Willard S. Boyle and George E. Smith. Below are some figures regarding the Nobel Prize in Physics:

  1. The Nobel Prize in Physics began its annual awards in 1901, but it has not been awarded every single year. The prize was not given in 1916, 1931, 1934, 1940, 1941, and 1942. These six years were skipped either due to the occurrence of World War I and World War II or because no candidates were found to meet the criteria for the Nobel Prize.

  2. As of this year, a single scientist has been the sole recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics 47 times. Meanwhile, the prize has been shared by two scientists 28 times, and by three scientists 28 times as well. According to the regulations of the Nobel Foundation, a single prize cannot be awarded to more than three people simultaneously.

  3. As of this year, the Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded 187 times. Among these, the American physicist John Bardeen won the physics prize twice, in 1956 and 1972; therefore, the actual number of unique scientists who have received the award is 186.

  4. The youngest Nobel Prize in Physics laureate in history is the British scientist William Lawrence Bragg. He received the physics prize in 1915 at the age of 25 for his research on the crystal structure of X-rays, sharing the stage with his father. Bragg also remains the youngest Nobel laureate across all prize categories.

  5. The oldest Nobel Prize in Physics laureate in history is the American scientist Raymond Davis Jr. He was awarded the prize in 2002 at the age of 88 for his pioneering work in fields such as "detecting cosmic neutrinos." Davis passed away in 2006.

  6. Among the 186 Nobel Prize in Physics laureates, only two have been women, one of whom is the famous Marie Curie.

  7. The only married couple to have won the Nobel Prize in Physics is the Curies. However, there are four pairs of fathers and sons who have won the physics prize: William Henry Bragg and his son William Lawrence Bragg, the Bohrs (Niels and Aage), the Siegbahns (Manne and Kai), and the Thomsons (J.J. and George Paget).

Source: http://news.sina.com.cn/z/2009Nobel/index.shtml

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