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Wednesday 3 July 2013

The first winner of Nobel Prize in Physics is?

Answer :- Roentgen
Related Facts
  • Wilhelm Conras Roentgen, a German physicist was the inventor of X-ray for which he earned the first Nobel Prize for Physics in 1901.
  • In honor of his contributions, the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) named the element Roentagenium after Wilhelm Roentgen.
  • Albert Einstein earned the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1921 for his discovery of the law of the Photoelectric Effect.
  • The Nobel Prize in Physics is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Science.
  • John Bardeen, an American Physicist is the only laureate to win the Nobel Physics Prize twice in 1956 and 1972.
  • Marconi is the inventor of Radio, for which he shared the Nobel Prize for Physics with Karl Ferdinand Braun in 1909.