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**OlgaBorovikovva** · 12-13-2007, 08:32 AM

Click on the individual and it will tell you why they were awarded the medal.

http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/

**doctorzlo** · 12-13-2007, 08:35 AM

The year I was born, it was awarded to 3 men...
"for their contribution to the development of laser spectroscopy"
and
"for his contribution to the development of high-resolution electron spectroscopy"

**JohnImamadviser** · 12-13-2007, 08:37 AM

The Nobel Prize in Physics 1973

"for their experimental discoveries regarding tunneling phenomena in semiconductors and superconductors, respectively"
"for his theoretical predictions of the properties of a supercurrent through a tunnel barrier, in particular those phenomena which are generally known as the Josephson effects"

Leo EsakiIvar GiaeverBrian David Josephson

1/4 of the prize

1/2 of the prizeJapanUSAUnited KingdomIBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center
Yorktown Heights, NY, USAGeneral Electric Company
Schenectady, NY, USAUniversity of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdomb. 1925b. 1929
(in Bergen, Norway)b. 1940

WOW...What Nerds....Man how I wish I was that smart though

12-13-2007, 08:32 AM	#1
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doctorzlo Join Date Jun 2006 Posts 4,488 Senior Member	The year I was born, it was awarded to 3 men... "for their contribution to the development of laser spectroscopy" and "for his contribution to the development of high-resolution electron spectroscopy" Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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JohnImamadviser Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 551 Senior Member	The Nobel Prize in Physics 1973 "for their experimental discoveries regarding tunneling phenomena in semiconductors and superconductors, respectively" "for his theoretical predictions of the properties of a supercurrent through a tunnel barrier, in particular those phenomena which are generally known as the Josephson effects" Leo EsakiIvar GiaeverBrian David Josephson 1/4 of the prize 1/4 of the prize 1/2 of the prizeJapanUSAUnited KingdomIBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center Yorktown Heights, NY, USAGeneral Electric Company Schenectady, NY, USAUniversity of Cambridge Cambridge, United Kingdomb. 1925b. 1929 (in Bergen, Norway)b. 1940 WOW...What Nerds....Man how I wish I was that smart though Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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