Nobel Prize in Physics 1978
Photo: Nikolai Lavrentiev. Nobel Foundation archive
Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa
Prize share: 1/2
Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive.
Arno Allan Penzias
Prize share: 1/4
Photo: Harris & Ewing. Nobel Foundation archive
Robert Woodrow Wilson
Prize share: 1/4
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1978 was divided, one half awarded to Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa "for his basic inventions and discoveries in the area of low-temperature physics", the other half jointly to Arno Allan Penzias and Robert Woodrow Wilson "for their discovery of cosmic microwave background radiation"
Six prizes were awarded for achievements that have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind. The 10 laureates' work and discoveries range from optogenetics to efforts to promote peace and international law.
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