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  2. Annus mirabilis papers - Wikipedia

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    The Einsteinhaus on the Kramgasse in Bern, Einstein's residence at the time. Most of the papers were written in his apartment on the first floor above the street level. At the time the papers were written, Einstein did not have easy access to a complete set of scientific reference materials, although he did regularly read and contribute reviews to Annalen der Physik.

  3. List of Nobel laureates in Physics - Wikipedia

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    It is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the 1895 will of Alfred Nobel (who died in 1896), awarded for outstanding contributions in physics. [1] As dictated by Nobel's will, the award is administered by the Nobel Foundation and awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. [ 2 ]

  4. Anthony James Leggett - Wikipedia

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    Leggett is widely recognised as a world leader in the theory of low-temperature physics, and his pioneering work on superfluidity was recognised by the 2003 Nobel Prize in Physics. [6] He has shaped the theoretical understanding of normal and superfluid helium liquids and strongly coupled superfluids. [ 7 ]

  5. List of physics awards - Wikipedia

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    Abraham Pais Prize for History of Physics: American Physical Society and American Institute of Physics: Scholarly achievements in the history of physics [1] United States: Andrei Sakharov Prize: American Physical Society: Leadership and/or achievements of scientists in upholding human rights United States: Aneesur Rahman Prize for Computational ...

  6. George Smoot - Wikipedia

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    Smoot is one of the 20 American recipients of the Nobel Prize in Physics to sign a letter addressed to President George W. Bush in May 2008, urging him to "reverse the damage done to basic science research in the Fiscal Year 2008 Omnibus Appropriations Bill" by requesting additional emergency funding for the Department of Energy's Office of ...

  7. 2001 Nobel Prizes - Wikipedia

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    The 2001 Nobel Prizes were awarded by the Nobel Foundation, based in Sweden. Six categories were awarded: Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, Peace, and Economic Sciences. [1] Nobel Week took place from December 6 to 12, including programming such as lectures, dialogues, and discussions.

  8. Nobel prize in physics goes to machine learning pioneers ...

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    STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -U.S. scientist John Hopfield and British-Canadian Geoffrey Hinton won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics on Tuesday for discoveries and inventions in machine learning that paved ...

  9. List of Clarivate Citation laureates in Physics - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of Clarivate Citation Laureates in Physics, considered likely candidates to win the Nobel Prize in Physics. [1] Since 2024, 18 of the selected citation laureates starting in 2008 were eventually awarded the Nobel Prize: Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov (2010), Dan Shechtman in Chemistry (2011), Saul Perlmutter, Adam Riess and Brian Schmidt (2011), François Englert ...