Nobel Prize in Physics

Can you name the laureates in physics??

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1901X-rays
1902Spectral line splitting
1902Spectral line splitting
1903Radioactivity
1903Radioactivity
1903Radioactivity
1904Argon
1905Cathode rays
1906Electrons
1907Optical experiments
1908Interferential photography
1909Invention of radio
1909Invention of radio
1910Equation of state for fluids
1911Displacement law
1912Sun valve
1913Low-temperature physics
1914X-ray diffraction
1915X-ray crystallography
1915X-ray crystallography
1917X-ray fluorescence
1918Quantum theory
1919Doppler effect in canal rays
1920Invar and elinvar alloys
1921Photoelectric effect
1922Atomic structure
1923Oil-drop experiment
1924X-ray spectroscopy
1925Quantization of atomic energy
1925Quantization of atomic energy
1926Sedimentation equilibrium
1927[NAME] scattering
1927Cloud chamber
1928Thermionic emission
1929Wave nature of electrons
1930Inelastic scattering of light
1932Quantum mechanics
1933Quantum mechanics
1933Quantum mechanics
1935Neutrons
1936Cosmic rays
1936Positrons
1937Electron diffraction
1937Electron diffraction
1938Induced radioactivity
1939Cyclotron
1943Magnetic moment of protons
1944Nuclear magnetic resonance
1945Exclusion principle
1946High-pressure physics
1947F layer of ionization
1948Counter-controlled cloud chamber
1949Pi mesons
1950Pi mesons
1951Splitting the atom
1951Splitting the atom
1952Nuclear magnetic resonance
1952Nuclear magnetic resonance
1953Phase contrast microscope
1954Quantum mechanics
1954Coincidence method
1955[NAME] shift
1955Magnetic moment of electrons
1956Transistor
1956Transistor
1956Transistor
1957Parity violation
1957Parity violation
1958[NAME] radiation
YearNameReason
1958[NAME] radiation
1958[NAME] radiation
1959Antiprotons
1959Antiprotons
1960Bubble chamber
1961Electron scattering in nuclei
1961[NAME] effect
1962Superfluidity
1963Symmetry
1963Nuclear shell model
1963Nuclear shell model
1964Lasers and masers
1964Lasers and masers
1964Lasers and masers
1965Quantum electrodynamics
1965Quantum electrodynamics
1965Quantum electrodynamics
1966Optical pumping
1967Stellar nucleosynthesis
1968Resonance states
1969Quarks
1970Magnetohydrodynamics
1970Antiferromagnetism and ferrimagnetism
1971Holography
1972BCS theory
1972BCS theory
1972BCS theory
1973Tunneling in semiconductors
1973Tunneling in superconductors
1973[NAME] current and barrier
1974Aperture synthesis
1974Pulsars
1975Nuclear structure
1975Nuclear structure
1975Nuclear structure
1976J/psi mesons
1976J/psi mesons
1977Amorphous semiconductors
1977Amorphous semiconductors
1977Amorphous semiconductors
1978Low-temperature physics
1978Cosmic microwave background radiation
1978Cosmic microwave background radiation
1979Electroweak interaction
1979Electroweak interaction
1979Electroweak interaction
1980CP violation
1980CP violation
1981Laser spectroscopy
1981Laser spectroscopy
1981X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy
1982Critical phenomena of phase transitions
1983Stellar evolution
1983Stellar nucleosynthesis
1984W and Z bosons
1984W and Z bosons
1985Quantum Hall effect
1986Electron microscope
1986Scanning tunneling microscope
1986Scanning tunneling microscope
1987High-temperature superconductivity
1987High-temperature superconductivity
1988Muon neutrino
1988Muon neutrino
1988Muon neutrino
1989Separated oscillatory field method
1989Ion trap
1989Ion trap
1990Deep inelastic scattering
YearNameReason
1990Deep inelastic scattering
1990Deep inelastic scattering
1991Liquid crystals
1992Wire chamber
1993Binary pulsar
1993Binary pulsar
1994Neutron spectroscopy
1994Neutron diffraction
1995Tau lepton
1995Neutrino
1996Superfluidity in helium-3
1996Superfluidity in helium-3
1996Superfluidity in helium-3
1997Laser cooling
1997Laser cooling
1997Laser cooling
1998Fractional quantum Hall effect
1998Fractional quantum Hall effect
1998Fractional quantum Hall effect
1999Renormalization of Yang-Mills theory
1999Renormalization of Yang-Mills theory
2000Heterostructures
2000Heterostructures
2000Integrated circuit
2001Bose-Einstein condensation
2001Bose-Einstein condensation
2001Bose-Einstein condensation
2002Cosmic neutrinos
2002Cosmic neutrinos
2002X-ray astronomy
2003Type-II superconductivity
2003Type-II superconductivity
2003Superfluidity
2004Asymptotic freedom
2004Asymptotic freedom
2004Asymptotic freedom
2005Optical coherence
2005Precision spectroscopy
2005Precision spectroscopy
2006Cosmic Background Explorer
2006Cosmic Background Explorer
2007Giant magnetoresistance
2007Giant magnetoresistance
2008Spontaneous symmetry breaking
2008Spontaneous symmetry breaking
2008Spontaneous symmetry breaking
2009Fiber optics
2009Charge-coupled device
2009Charge-coupled device
2010Graphene
2010Graphene
2011Accelerating universe
2011Accelerating universe
2011Accelerating universe
2012Measurement of quantum systems
2012Measurement of quantum systems
2013[NAME] boson
2013[NAME] boson
2014Blue LEDs
2014Blue LEDs
2014Blue LEDs
2015Neutrino oscillations
2015Neutrino oscillations
2016Topological phase transitions
2016Topological phase transitions
2016Topological phase transitions
2017Gravitational waves
2017Gravitational waves
2017Gravitational waves
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