Early Nobel Prize Nominees
It’s that time of year again … the world awaits the announcement of the Nobel Prizes in Physics, Medicine, Chemistry, Economic Sciences, Literature, and Peace. We will have to wait until Tuesday, October 6th, to learn who has won the Physics prize. In the meantime, let’s celebrate this occasion with some historical photos.
The Emilio Segrè Visual Archives is named in honor of Emilio Segrè, best known for his Nobel Prize-winning work in nuclear and high-energy physics but who was also an avid photographer and author of books on the history of modern physics. Following his death in 1989, his widow, Rosa Segrè, donated his photo collection to ESVA and provided endowment funds to help support the program.
Here are some of our favorite photos of Segrè, pictured with other Nobel Prize winners. They include Pieter Zeeman (Physics, 1902), Enrico Fermi (Physics, 1938), Edwin McMillan and Glenn Seaborg (Chemistry, 1951), Tsung-Dao Lee (Physics, 1957), Owen Chamberlain (Physics, 1959), Hans Bethe (Physics, 1967), and Klaus von Klitzing (Physics, 1985).
Please enjoy these photos of Segrè and our other favorite scientists. To see more images like the ones we’ve selected type the name of a scientist in the search engine.
(L-R): Segrè, Fermi, wearing swimsuits, sitting on beach.
AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives, Segrè Collection
L-R: Chien-Shiung Wu, Emilio Segrè, and Tsung-Dao Lee having dinner at an Asian restaurant.
AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives, Segrè Collection
Hans Bethe and Emilio Segrè outdoors.
AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives, Segrè Collection.
L-R: Pieter Zeeman; Emilio Segrè; Samuel Goudsmit pose for photograph in Amsterdam.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, courtesy AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives
L-R: Edwin McMillan, Emilio Segrè, Glenn Seaborg at the Nobel Prize Press Conference.
AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives, Segrè Collection
L-R: S. Yasumi, [unidentified person], Owen Chamberlain, Emilio Segrè.
AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives, Segrè Collection
L-R: Klaus Von Klitzing and Emilio Segrè.
AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives, Segrè Collection
