Nobel Prize for Physics, 2020
The Nobel Prize, 2020 for Physics has been awarded to Andrea M Ghez, Roger Penrose and Reinhard Genzel for their research on black holes.
Highlights
Roger Penrose was honored for the discovery that black hole formation is robust prediction of theory of relativity. In simple words, theory of relativity led to the discovery of black holes. Andrea Ghez and Reinhard Genzel have been honored for the discovery of supermassive object at the centre of Milky Way Galaxy. They discovered that Milky Way has a supermassive black hole a the centre.
Andrea becomes the fourth woman to receive the Nobel Prize in the category of physics. The prize money of 10 million USD is to be shared between the three scientists.
Background
So far, only three women have won Nobel Prize for Physics. They were Marie Curie (1903), Maria Goeppert-Mayer (1963) and Donna Strickland (2018). Marie Curie had also won Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2011 and is the only woman to win the prize in two categories.
About Nobel Prize for Physics
The only Indian who has received Nobel Prize for Physics was Sir C V Raman in 1930. He discovered the Raman Effect. The Nobel Prize for Physics was not awarded in six years. This was in 1916, 1931, 1934 and in 1940, 1941 and 1942 because of world wars.
Raman Effect
It is the scattering of light particles by molecules in a medium. This occurs as the wavelength of light changes as it enters a medium.
Background
So far, only three women have won Nobel Prize for Physics. They were Marie Curie (1903), Maria Goeppert-Mayer (1963) and Donna Strickland (2018). Marie Curie had also won Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2011 and is the only woman to win the prize in two categories.
About Nobel Prize for Physics
The only Indian who has received Nobel Prize for Physics was Sir C V Raman in 1930. He discovered the Raman Effect. The Nobel Prize for Physics was not awarded in six years. This was in 1916, 1931, 1934 and in 1940, 1941 and 1942 because of world wars.
Raman Effect
It is the scattering of light particles by molecules in a medium. This occurs as the wavelength of light changes as it enters a medium.
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2020
shivamsharma
October 6, 2020 at 10:12 pmGreat work by these noble persons.