Charles Hard Townes (July 28, 1915 – January 27, 2015) was an American physicist. Townes worked on the theory and application of the maser, for which he obtained the fundamental patent, and other work in quantum electronics associated with both maser and laser devices. He shared the 1964 Nobel Prize in Physics with Nikolay Basov and Alexander Prokhorov.

Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (Lennep, 27 de março de 1845 — Munique, 10 de fevereiro de 1923) foi um físico e engenheiro mecânico alemão. [1] Em 8 de novembro de 1895, produziu e detectou radiação electromagnética nos comprimentos de onda correspondentes aos atualmente chamados raios-X. [2]Por essa descoberta recebeu seu primeiro Nobel de Física, em 1901. [3]

Nick Holonyak Jr. (/ h ʌ l ɒ n j æ k / huh-LON-yak; November 3, 1928 – September 18, 2022) was an American engineer and educator.He is noted particularly for his 1962 invention and first demonstration of a semiconductor laser diode that emitted visible light. This device was the forerunner of the first generation of commercial light-emitting diodes (LEDs).

Ernest Rutherford, o 1º Barão Rutherford de Nelson, OM, PC, PRS (Brightwater, Nova Zelândia, 30 de agosto de 1871 — Cambridge, 19 de outubro de 1937), foi um físico e químico neozelandês naturalizado britânico, que se tornou conhecido como o pai da física nuclear. [2] [3] Em um trabalho no começo da carreira, descobriu o conceito de meia-vida radioativa, provou que a …

The Nobel Prizes (Swedish: Nobelpriset, Norwegian: Nobelprisen) are awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the Swedish Academy, the Karolinska Institutet, and the Norwegian Nobel Committee to individuals and organizations who make outstanding contributions in the fields of chemistry, physics, literature, peace, and physiology or medicine.

Estos son los laureados de los Premios Nobel, ordenados por país.Han sido galardonados en total 860 personas y 22 organizaciones. Si un país se menciona simplemente como el lugar de nacimiento, se usa un asterisco (*) en la lista respectiva para indicar esto.

Early life and education. Berners-Lee was born on 8 June 1955 in London, England, the eldest of the four children of Mary Lee Woods and Conway Berners-Lee; his brother Mike is a professor of ecology and climate change management. His parents were computer scientists who worked on the first commercially built computer, the Ferranti Mark 1.He attended Sheen Mount Primary …

Marie Skłodowska Curie (Lehçe telaffuz: ; Fransızca telaffuz: ; doğum Maria Salomea Skłodowska, 7 Kasım 1867 – 4 Temmuz 1934), radyoaktivite alanında öncü araştırmalar yapmış ve bu araştırmaları sonucu Nobel Ödülü'ne layık görülmüş Polonyalı-Fransız fizikçi ve kimyagerdir.. Uranyumla yaptığı deneyler sonucu radyoaktiviteyi keşfetti.

Roger Wolcott Sperry (August 20, 1913 – April 17, 1994) was an American neuropsychologist, neurobiologist, cognitive neuroscientist, and Nobel laureate who, together with David Hunter Hubel and Torsten Nils Wiesel, won the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine for his work with split-brain research. A Review of General Psychology survey, published in 2002, ranked …

Vinton Gray Cerf ForMemRS (/ s ɜːr f /; born June 23, 1943) is an American Internet pioneer and is recognized as one of "the fathers of the Internet", sharing this title with TCP/IP co-developer Bob Kahn. He has received honorary degrees and awards that include the National Medal of Technology, the Turing Award, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Marconi Prize, and …