Description : Dr. Leon Lederman and two other physicists won the Nobel prize for discovering an elementary particle. That particle is the: w) positron x) meson y) muon z) neutrino
Last Answer : ANSWER: Z -- NEUTRINO
Description : The director Ilya Krzhanovsky has been shooting the film Dau since 2006 on a set near Kharkhov and has inspired much attention on account of his fanatical attempts at re-creating 50s and 60s Moscow, home to ... -crash and the Nobel he had won had to be awarded to him in a bedside ceremony. Who?
Last Answer : Lev Landau.
Description : Who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1922 for his theory which predicted the electron orbits of the Hydrogen atom?
Last Answer : ANSWER: (NIELS) BOHR
Description : Which American President received the Nobel Prize for peace in 1906? (a) Andrew Jackson (b) Harry S. Truman (c) Theodore Roosevelt
Last Answer : (c) Theodore Roosevelt
Description : Harold Clayton Urey, an American, received the 193 Nobel Prize in chemistry for his discovery of: w) Francium x) Americium y) deuterium z) protium
Last Answer : ANSWER: Y -- DEUTERIUM
Description : Nobel Prize for Peace was awarded to Dr. Norman Borlaug in (a) 1969 (b) 1970 (c) 1971 (d) 1972
Last Answer : (a) 1969
Description : Who received Nobel Prize twice for the same subject?
Last Answer : – Marie Curie
Description : Who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1923 for his experiment which measured the charge of the electron. The experiment consisted of allowing drops of oil which had become charged to fall in an electric field.
Last Answer : ANSWER: (ROBERT ANDREWS) MILLIKAN
Description : Albert Einstein received the Nobel prize in physics for his work on: w) gravitation x) relativity y) photoelectric effect z) Brownian motion
Last Answer : ANSWER: Y -- PHOTOELECTRIC EFFECT
Description : Who first explained the billiard-ball-like collisions photons make with the free electrons in a scattering material? He received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1927 for this work.
Last Answer : ANSWER: ARTHUR HOLLY COMPTON
Description : Who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1929 for his postulation of the wave nature of electrons?
Last Answer : ANSWER: (PRINCE LOUIS-VICTOR) De BROGLIE
Description : Name the female physicist who received the Nobel Prize in 1963 for her discovery concerning the shell structure of the nucleus.
Last Answer : ANSWER: (MARIA GOEPPERT) MAYER
Description : Who first theoretically predicted the existence of the positron, a positively charged electron? He received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1933.
Last Answer : ANSWER: (PAUL ADRIEN MAURICE) DIRAC
Description : Which of the following events occurred first? (1) Albert Einstein propounded the General Theory of Relativity (2) Max Planck unveiled the Quantum Theory (3) Marconi first transmitted a wireless signal (4) Madame Marie Curie be-came the first woman Nobel Prize winner
Last Answer : (2) Max Planck unveiled the Quantum Theory Explanation: General Theory of Relativity: a theory of gravitation developed by Einstein in the years 1907-1915; Quantum Theory of Max Planck: 1900; ... woman Nobel Prize winner: shared her 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics with her husband Pierre Curie.
Description : Which of the following events occurred first? (1) Albert Einstein propounded the General Theory of Relativity (2) Max Planck unveiled the Quantum Theory (3) Marconi first transmitted a wireless signal (4) Madame Marie Curie became the first woman Nobel Prize winner
Last Answer : (2) Max Planck unveiled the Quantum Theory Explanation: General Theory of Relativity: a theory of gravitation developed by Einstein in the years 1907-1915; Quantum Theory of Max Planck: 1900; ... transmission on December 11, 1901; and Madame Curie becoming the first woman Nobel Prize winner.
Description : Which of the following events occurred first ? (1) Albert Einstein propounded the General Theory of Relativity (2) Max Planck unveiled the Quantum Theory (3) Marconi first tranmitted a wireless signal (4) Madame Marie Curie became the first woman Nobel Prize winner
Last Answer : Max Planck unveiled the Quantum Theory
Description : In 1977, this American female scientist shared the Nobel Prize in medicine for her work in the development of radioimmunoassays of peptide hormones. In awarding the prize, the Nobel Committee described ... about a revolution in biolocial and medical research". Who is this eminent woman scientist?
Last Answer : ANSWER: (ROSALYN) YALOW
Description : Xorn in Prague, Czechoslovakia, in 1896, this woman scientist received her MD from the German University in Prague. After moving to Washington University in the United States, she and her husband ... for their discovery of the course of the catalytic conversion." Name this esteemed woman scientist.
Last Answer : ANSWER: (GERTY) RADNITZ CORI
Description : Who is the recepient of Nobel Prize for the development of Wireless Telegraphy?
Last Answer : – Marconi
Description : Who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1909 with Guglielmo Marconi for his contribution to the development of wireless telegraphy?
Last Answer : ANSWER: (CARL FERDINAND) BRAUN
Description : Who among the following has received a Nobel Prize in literature 1953? -Awards
Last Answer : Winston Churchill
Description : Who was the first asian to have received the Nobel Prize? -General Knowledge
Last Answer : The answer is 'R.N. Tagore'
Description : Dr. Rabindranath Tagore received the Nobel Prize for which work? -Do You Know?
Last Answer : answer:
Description : Who received the Nobel Prize twice in different subjects? -Do You Know?
Description : Dr. Hargobing khurana received the nobel prize for which subject? -Do You Know?
Last Answer : Amartya Sen Amartya Sen (b-1933): Prof. Amartya Sen is the recipient of the Nobel Prize for Economics for the year 1998, becoming the first Asian to have been honoured with the award.
Description : Which is the only Indian to have received the Nobel Prize in Economics? -General Knowledge
Last Answer : As many as 10 Indians have won the Nobel Prize so far. Abhijit Banerjee is the latest Indian to win the Nobel Prize. The Indian-American economist was awarded the Nobel Prize in economics along with Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer in Stockholm on Tuesday.
Description : Which is the only Indian to have received Nobel Prize in Economics? -General Knowledge
Last Answer : Amartya Sen (b-1933): Prof. Amartya Sen is the recipient of the Nobel Prize for Economics for the year 1998, becoming the first Asian to have been honoured with the award.
Description : Who received the very first Nobel Prize in physics in 1901 for his discovery of X rays?
Last Answer : William Rontgene
Description : JJ Thomson received the Nobel Prize in physics for the discovery of
Last Answer : Electrons
Description : Which Indian received the Nobel Peace Prize after Mother Teresa?
Last Answer : Kailash Satyarthi
Description : Who was the first asian to have received the Nobel Prize?
Last Answer : R.N. Tagore
Description : Jaroslav Heyrovsky (Czechoslovakiw) received the 1959 Nobel Prize in chemistry for developing what technique used in chemical analysis?
Last Answer : ANSWER: POLAROGRAPHY
Description : Biologist of Indian origin who received the Nobel Prize was (1) Raja Ramanna (2) C.V. Raman (3) Hargovind Khorana (4) Jagadish Chandra Bose
Last Answer : Hargovind Khorana
Description : A question for fluther's astro and quantum physicists: Is there a way to extract usable energy from quantum vacuum fluctuations?
Last Answer : Great question. One theory of the origin of dark energy is that it’s from quantum fluctuations of zero point energy. I’ll check my sources though and get back to you.
Description : Physicists of ask-public: what if radioactive decay isn't constant? (see details).
Last Answer : answer:Physics is safe; they're just talking about a new wrinkle. Absent the outside influence of the solar activity, the rate of decay remains constant. The solar flares and the processes that ... miles of shielding without even slowing down, but they are know to interact with atomic nuclei.
Description : My theory of electrolytic dissociation earned me t 1903 Nobel Prize in chemistry. My name is: w) Niels Bohr x) Svante Arrhenius y) Michael Faraday z) John Cavendish
Last Answer : ANSWER: X -- SVANTE ARRHENIUS
Description : Nuclear reactors used to produce electricity are based on – (1) Nuclear fission (2) Nuclear fusion (3) Cold fusion (4) Superconductivity
Last Answer : (1) Nuclear fission Explanation: A nuclear reactor is a device to initiate and control a sustained nuclear chain reaction. Most commonly they are used for generating electricity and for the propulsion ... (water or gas), which runs through turbines that power either ship's propellers or generators.
Description : Nuclear reactors used to produce electricity are based on (1) nuclear fission (2) nuclear fusion (3) cold fusion (4) superconductivity
Last Answer : nuclear fission
Description : The first black American to win the Nobel Prize for literature is -Awards
Last Answer : Literature Year Laureate Comment 1986 Wole Soyinka First Black person to win the Nobel Prize for Literature 1992 Derek Walcott 1993 Toni Morrison First Black woman to win a Nobel Prize
Description : Who was the first American to win a Nobel Prize?
Last Answer : Answer: Theodore Roosevelt.
Description : Who was the first American chemist to receive a Nobel Prize? He was selected in 1914 for his precise determination of atomic weights. w) Edward Frankland x) Theodore Richards y) John Bardeen z) Paul Dirac
Last Answer : ANSWER: X -- THEODORE RICHARDS
Description : This female American geneticist achieved recognition as one of the world's foremost investigators in cytogenetics, the study of heredity by cellular and genetic methods. In 1951 she discovered that gene ... was awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine in 1983. Who is this notable woman scientist?
Last Answer : ANSWER: (BARBARW) McCLINTOCK
Description : Ws of 1991, the most recent award of a Nobel Prize in medicine to a woman scientist went to this esteemed pharmacologist and biochemist. She shared her prize with George Hitchings for ... drugs that selectively block nucleic acid synthesis without damaging normal cells. Name this woman scientist.
Last Answer : ANSWER: (GERTRUDE) ELION
Description : Who is the recepient of Nobel Prize for the development of Wireless Telegraphy? -Do You Know?
Description : 1. When did Mr. Attlee, Prime Minister of England, announce tile transfer of power to the Indians? 2. Who is the recepient of Nobel Prize for the development of Wireless Telegraphy? 3. ... detailed pictures of which comet nucleus? 20. Of which site of Harappan is associated with rice cultivation?
Last Answer : Answer : 1. June, 1948 2. Marconi 3. GNP 4. Typhoons 5. Samudragupta 6. Ashapurna Devi 7. habitat destruction 8. Ministry of Human Affairs 9. Indequacy of water supply 10. Tansen 11. Synthetic petrol 12. ... 14. Kerala 15. Harivijaya 16. Pituitary 17. 530 18. Homi J. Bhabha 19. Tempel 1 20. Lothal
Description : Amartya Sen was awarded the Nobel Prize for his contribution to (1) Monetary Economics (2) Welfare Economics (3) Econometrics (4) Development Economics
Last Answer : Welfare Economics
Description : Who amongst the following facilitated the development of MRI as an important diagnostic tool and for that won a Nobel Prize? (1) Sydney Brenner (2) Paul C. Lauterbur (3) John E. Sulton (4) H. Robert Horvitz
Last Answer : Paul C. Lauterbur
Last Answer : Scientist Will Helm Rন্টntgen was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901 for his discovery of X-rays.