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Famous Scientists

Famous Scientists: Steven Chu

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out about Steven Chu who is known for his research in cooling and trapping of atoms with laser light, which won him the Nobel Prize in Physics.
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Famous Scientists

Famous Scientists: Walther Wilhelm Georg Bothe

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out about a German nuclear physicist, who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1954 for his work in study of nuclear reactions, the Compton effect, cosmic rays, and the wave-particle duality of radiation.
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Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Physics 1951

For Students 9th - 10th
Sir John Douglas Cockcroft and Ernest Thomas Sinton Walton won the Noble Prize for Physics in 1951. Some biographical information is provided for each man along with his banquet lecture and Nobel lecture.
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Primary
Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: Henri Becquerel Nobel Lecture

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Nobel eMuseum of the Nobel Foundation provides a series of links to information on Antoine Henri. Everything from the presentation speech for the Nobel Prize to his biography, the lecture, and other resources.
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Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: Sheldon Glashow Biographical

For Students 9th - 10th
Autobiography of Sheldon Glashow, one of three men to win the 1979 Nobel Prize for Physics.
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Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: Iron, Steel, and Invar

For Students 4th - 8th
Read about the history of iron use and the many applications of steel in modern life. Learn about how iron is extracted from ore, how steel is made, and the invention of invar, an iron-nickel alloy, by physicist Charles Edouard Guillaume.
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Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Physics 2005

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource features the 2005 Nobel Prize winners in Physics. A short biography can be accessed on each recipient through their personal sites.
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Other

Maria Goeppert Mayer, Nobelist in Physics

For Students 9th - 10th
The Supercomputer Center of the University of California at San Diego offers details of the life of Maria Goeppert-Mayer, third woman ever to be awarded the Nobel Prize for physics. Instructive in the obstacles to being a woman in a...
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Science Struck

Science Struck: Biography of Albert Einstein

For Students 9th - 10th
The life and many accomplishments of Albert Einstein are detailed in this article. Includes descriptions of his scientific theories and contributions.
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Science Struck

Science Struck: Unique Facts About Albert Einstein

For Students 9th - 10th
Profiles the life and accomplishments of Albert Einstein.
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Famous Scientists

Famous Scientists: Wilhelm Rontgen

For Students 9th - 10th
A short biography about the scientist who produced and detected electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range known as X-rays or Rontgen rays, which earned him the first Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: What in the World Is Topological Quantum Matter?

For Students 9th - 10th
David Thouless, Duncan Haldane, and Michael Kosterlitz won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2016 for discovering that even microscopic matter at the smallest scale can exhibit macroscopic properties and phases that are topological. Find out...
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Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: Murray Gell Mann Biographical

For Students 9th - 10th
This Nobel E-Museum contains a brief biography of nobel laureate Murray Gell-Mann, summarizing the various research positions he held through his career.
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Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: Maria Goeppert Mayer Biographical

For Students 9th - 10th
This short biography concentrates on the life of Nobel winner Maria Goeppert-Mayer from her birth in Germany through her work as professor of physics in the U.S. in the 1960s.
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Nobel Prizes: Carl David Anderson

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Encyclopedia Britannica contains a brief biography of Carl Anderson (1905-1991 CE), the discoverer of the positron.