The Nobel Prize in Physics

To understand the impact of physics on the world, and the achievements of physicists in recent history, it is very important to have, at very least, a cursory awareness of the Nobel Prize of Physics over the years, and the winners who won them. It has been awarded since 1901, with the first winner being Wilhelm Roentgen, who discovered "Roentgen Rays" now better known as "X rays". He donated the monetary reward he received to his university. The 1902 prize was awarded to Lorentz and Zeeman for the discovery and theoretical explanation of the "Zeeman effect". Its practical use is in magnetograms showing the variations in the magnetic field of the sun.