Nobel Prizes

Scientific discoveries recognised by Nobel Prizes.

People in Nobel Prizes

13 profiles

Scientist

Marie Curie

Discovering polonium and radium.

Physicist

Albert Einstein

Developing the theory of relativity.

Physicist

Pierre Curie

Discovering polonium and radium with Marie Curie.

Physicist

C. V. Raman

Discovering how scattered light reveals the molecules it meets.

Chemist

Linus Pauling

Explaining chemical bonds and winning separate Nobel Prizes for chemistry and peace.

Chemist

Otto Hahn

Finding chemical evidence that uranium nuclei can split.

Chemist

Glenn T. Seaborg

Helping discover transuranium elements and reorganising the periodic table’s actinide series.

Neuroscientist

Santiago Ramón y Cajal

Establishing that the nervous system is built from individual cells.

Physicist

John Bardeen

Co-inventing the transistor and helping explain superconductivity.

Geneticist

Barbara McClintock

Discovering mobile genetic elements, often called jumping genes.

Scientist

Irène Joliot-Curie

Discovering artificial radioactivity with Frédéric Joliot-Curie.

Physicist

Enrico Fermi

Leading the first controlled, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction.

Physicist

Niels Bohr

Explaining atomic energy levels and helping establish quantum physics.