The physics Nobel prizes you’ve never heard of
Margaret Harris uncovers the stories behind two lesser-known laureates: Gabriel Lippmann and Gustaf Dalén
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Nobel prizes you’ve never heard of: how a Swedish inventor was honoured for a technology that nearly killed him
Gustaf Dalén is nowhere near as famous as his contemporaries, but does that make him undeserving of the prize? Margaret Harris investigates
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Nobel prizes you’ve never heard of: how an obscure version of colour photography beat quantum theory to the most prestigious prize in physics
Gabriel Lippmann received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1908 for a new method of colour photography that was never commercially successful. Margaret Harris finds out why
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Destroyers of the world: the physicists who built nuclear weapons
Andrew Robinson reviews Destroyer of Worlds: the Deep History of the Nuclear Age 1895–1965 by Frank Close
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Relive the two decades when physicists basked in the afterglow of the Standard Model
Robert P Crease previews the 4th International Symposium on the History of Particle Physics
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Overlooked pioneers from quantum history
This episode of Physics World Stories explores a new book that restores women to the early history of quantum mechanics
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Quantum island: why Helgoland is a great spot for fundamental thinking
Matin Durrani explains why delegates at Helgoland 2025 are discussing foundational questions in quantum mechanics
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The evolution of the metre: How a product of the French Revolution became a mainstay of worldwide scientific collaboration
Physics World corresponding editor Isabelle Dumé reports from a Paris symposium celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Metre Convention
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Mathematical genius: celebrating the life and work of Emmy Noether
Isabel Rabey reviews Einstein’s Tutor: the Story of Emmy Noether and the Invention of Modern Physics by Lee Philips
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Grete Hermann: the quantum physicist who challenged Werner Heisenberg and John von Neumann
Sidney Perkowitz pays tribute to the pioneering contributions to quantum physics by Grete Hermann
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