The Nobel Prize in Physics 1919
Johannes Stark
"for his discovery of the Doppler effect in canal rays and the splitting of spectral lines in electric fields"
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1918
Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck
"in recognition of the services he rendered to the advancement of Physics by his discovery of energy quanta"
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1917
Charles Glover Barkla
"for his discovery of the characteristic R?ntgen radiation of the elements"
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1916
No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. The prize money was allocated to the Special Fund of this prize section.
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1915
Sir William Henry Bragg and William Lawrence Bragg
"for their services in the analysis of crystal structure by means of X-rays"
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1914
Max von Laue
"for his discovery of the diffraction of X-rays by crystals"
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1913
Heike Kamerlingh Onnes
"for his investigations on the properties of matter at low temperatures which led, inter alia, to the production of liquid helium"
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1912
Nils Gustaf Dalеn
"for his invention of automatic regulators for use in conjunction with gas accumulators for illuminating lighthouses and buoys"
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1911
Wilhelm Wien
"for his discoveries regarding the laws governing the radiation of heat"
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1910
Johannes Diderik van der Waals
"for his work on the equation of state for gases and liquids"
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1909
Guglielmo Marconi and Karl Ferdinand Braun
"in recognition of their contributions to the development of wireless telegraphy"
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1908
Gabriel Lippmann
"for his method of reproducing colours photographically based on the phenomenon of interference"
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1907
Albert Abraham Michelson
"for his optical precision instruments and the spectroscopic and metrological investigations carried out with their aid"
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1906
Joseph John Thomson
"in recognition of the great merits of his theoretical and experimental investigations on the conduction of electricity by gases"
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1905
Philipp Eduard Anton von Lenard
"for his work on cathode rays"
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1904
Lord Rayleigh (John William Strutt)
"for his investigations of the densities of the most important gases and for his discovery of argon in connection with these studies"
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1903
Antoine Henri Becquerel
"in recognition of the extraordinary services he has rendered by his discovery of spontaneous radioactivity"