Timeliness of the 2011 Physics Nobel Prize

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2007

This year’s Nobel Prize in Physics is awarded to ALBERT FERT and PETER GRÜNBERG for their discovery of Giant Magnetoresistance. Applications of this phenomenon have revolutionized techniques for retrieving data from hard disks. The discovery also plays a major role in various magnetic sensors as well as for the development of a new generation of electronics. The use of Giant Magnetoresistance c...

The 1981 nobel prize in physics.

The Nobel prize is a universal symbol of recognized excellence in science and literature. And although many other prestigious prizes are awarded in the sciences and the humanities each year, 1the Nobel awards are unique because they are so well known to the general public. For several years, we have commented on each new crop of Nobel pnzewinners.z-’l These essays included an analysis of each r...

The 2011 Nobel Prize Laureates in Physiology or Medicine.

Advanced information on the Nobel Prize in Physics 2000

Modern information and communication technology is one of the most important global technologies and has a profound influence on mankind. It is the driving force in changing the industrial society into an information and knowledge based society. Its importance can very well be compared to that of the printed book. However, its spread has been much more rapid the full impact has occurred in tens...

Advanced information on the Nobel Prize in Physics 2001

At the beginning of the twentieth century, the quantum nature of thermal electromagnetic radiation was a subject of intense interest. This was sparked by Max Planck’s discovery that the spectral distribution of light emerging from a thermal body could be explained only if the radiators emitting the energy occurred in discrete energy states. This induced Albert Einstein to conclude in 1905 that ...