List of Nobel laureates in Physics

High school (ages 12+)
Science & Technology

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1. What is the administering body?The Nobel Foundation
2. What is the awarding academy?The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
3. What is the Nobel Prize in Physics?The Nobel Prize in Physics is a special award given each year to scientists who discover important things about how the world works. It is presented by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Sweden.
4. How are Nobel laureates in Physics chosen?Scientists around the world nominate candidates, and the Academy carefully reviews their work for many months to pick the most important discoveries.

Cosmology: The scientific study of the origin, evolution, and eventual fate of the universe.
Quantum Theory: A fundamental theory in physics describing nature at the smallest scales of energy and matter.
Electromagnetism: The study of the interaction between electric charges and magnetic fields, responsible for light and radio waves.