NobelPrizeMotivation

P4388
predicate

Indicates the specific reason or citation for which a Nobel Prize was awarded to a recipient.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
NobelPrizeMotivation canonical 161
NobelPrizeFor 25
NobelPrizeInPhysicsFor 10

Sample triples (202)

Subject Object
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar for his theoretical studies of the physical processes of importance to the structure and evolution of the stars
Joseph Stiglitz for analyses of markets with asymmetric information
Herbert Simon
surface form: Herbert A. Simon
for his pioneering research into the decision-making process within economic organizations
Svante Pääbo discoveries concerning the genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution
John Polanyi contributions concerning the dynamics of chemical elementary processes
Max Born for his fundamental research in quantum mechanics, especially for his statistical interpretation of the wavefunction
Hideki Yukawa for his prediction of the existence of mesons on the basis of theoretical work on nuclear forces
J. J. Thomson theoretical and experimental investigations on the conduction of electricity by gases via predicate surface "NobelPrizeInPhysicsFor"
Enrico Fermi demonstrations of the existence of new radioactive elements produced by neutron irradiation and for his related discovery of nuclear reactions brought about by slow neutrons via predicate surface "NobelPrizeInPhysicsFor"
Eugene Wigner for his contributions to the theory of the atomic nucleus and the elementary particles, particularly through the discovery and application of fundamental symmetry principles
Phillip A. Sharp for discoveries of split genes
James Chadwick discovery of the neutron via predicate surface "NobelPrizeInPhysicsFor"
Charles K. Kao for groundbreaking achievements concerning the transmission of light in fibers for optical communication
Julian Schwinger for fundamental work in quantum electrodynamics, with deep-ploughing consequences for the physics of elementary particles
Walter Gilbert for contributions concerning the determination of base sequences in nucleic acids
Elinor Ostrom analysis of economic governance, especially the commons
Steven Weinberg for their contributions to the theory of the unified weak and electromagnetic interaction
Frank Wilczek for the discovery of asymptotic freedom in the theory of the strong interaction
Odd Hassel for his work on conformations of organic molecules and their bearing on chemical reactions
Emilio Segrè discovery of the antiproton via predicate surface "NobelPrizeInPhysicsFor"
Max Delbrück discoveries concerning the replication mechanism and the genetic structure of viruses via predicate surface "NobelPrizeFor"
Felix Bloch for their development of new methods for nuclear magnetic precision measurements and discoveries in connection therewith
Peter Kapitza for his basic inventions and discoveries in the area of low-temperature physics
Carlo Rubbia for their decisive contributions to the large project which led to the discovery of the field particles W and Z, communicators of weak interaction
James Franck discovery of the laws governing the impact of an electron upon an atom via predicate surface "NobelPrizeFor"
Lord Rayleigh investigations of the densities of the most important gases and discovery of argon in connection with these studies via predicate surface "NobelPrizeInPhysicsFor"
Emil Fischer work on sugar and purine syntheses via predicate surface "NobelPrizeFor"
Kenzaburō Ōe for creating an imagined world, where life and myth condense to form a disconcerting picture of the human predicament today
Syukuro Manabe for the physical modelling of Earth’s climate, quantifying variability and reliably predicting global warming
Leo Esaki for experimental discoveries regarding tunneling phenomena in semiconductors
Masatoshi Koshiba for pioneering contributions to astrophysics, in particular for the detection of cosmic neutrinos
Yoichiro Nambu for the discovery of the mechanism of spontaneous broken symmetry in subatomic physics
Harold Urey for his discovery of heavy hydrogen
Toshihide Maskawa for the discovery of the origin of the broken symmetry which predicts the existence of at least three families of quarks in nature
Wolfgang Pauli discovery of the Exclusion Principle via predicate surface "NobelPrizeFor"
George F. Smoot discoveries of the blackbody form and anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background radiation via predicate surface "NobelPrizeInPhysicsFor"
Carl E. Wieman for the achievement of Bose–Einstein condensation in dilute gases of alkali atoms, and for early fundamental studies of the properties of the condensates
C. N. Yang for their penetrating investigation of the so-called parity laws which has led to important discoveries regarding the elementary particles
Donna Strickland for method of generating high-intensity, ultra-short optical pulses
George A. Olah for his contribution to carbocation chemistry
Alain Aspect experiments with entangled photons, establishing the violation of Bell inequalities and pioneering quantum information science
Serge Haroche for ground-breaking experimental methods that enable measuring and manipulation of individual quantum systems
Robert A. Millikan work on the elementary charge of electricity via predicate surface "NobelPrizeFor"
Robert A. Millikan work on the photoelectric effect via predicate surface "NobelPrizeFor"
Vitaly Ginzburg for pioneering contributions to the theory of superconductors and superfluids
Lev Landau pioneering theories for condensed matter, especially liquid helium via predicate surface "NobelPrizeFor"
Roger Penrose discovery that black hole formation is a robust prediction of the general theory of relativity
Friends Service Council for their pioneering work in the international peace movement and humanitarian service inspired by Quaker principles via predicate surface "nobelPrizeReason"
Jean-Marie Lehn development and use of molecules with structure-specific interactions of high selectivity
Salvador Luria discoveries concerning the replication mechanism and the genetic structure of viruses via predicate surface "NobelPrizeFor"