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The Nobel Prize has always been awarded to those individuals whose achievements in the fields of literature, physics, chemistry, peace, and medicine have elevated mankind to new heights of understanding. Indeed, Albert Einstein, one of the most famous Laureates in physics, famously remarked that he wanted “to know God’s thoughts,” the answers to the most profound questions about our universe. (The rest “is just details,” after all.) Einstein and the other physicist Laureates have helped us get ever closer to understanding our world, from the farthest reaches of the cosmos to the inner workings of the smallest parts of the atom. The most famous names in physics are here: Niels Bohr, Erwin Schrödinger, Marie Curie. See how they have identified patterns and meaning in a seemingly chaotic world.

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Welcome to our _Wikipedia Tour: Nobel Laureates in Physics_. Each day we’ll send you a link to a new article about a Nobel Prize winning physicist on Wikipedia. The introduction to each day’s article is included in the installment so you can choose to read just the introduction or the full ...