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	Topics Astronomy Atomic clocks Bridges Calculators Earth's magnetic field Electricity Engineering Engines Fluids Gravity Lightning Measurement and real-life Miscellany Nobel Prize winners Optics Particle physics Physics meets biology Physics meets Earth science Scientist biographies Semiconductors and computers Sound Spacecraft Theme park physics Thermodynamics Tides Units of measurement		Topic: Nobel Prize winners Advances in the Hall effect The story of the Hall effect didn't end with Hall's experiment. In 1998 the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded for a profound advancement in the field. Click on "Press Release" or "Illustrated Presentation" in the side bar for the story. Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1908 In 1908 Ernest Rutherford won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his investigations into the disintegration of the elements, and the chemistry of radioactive substances." Click on the links on the right to read the presentation speech, a biography, or more information. Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1935 Frédéric Joliot and Irène Joliot-Curie (the daughter of Pierre and Marie Curie) won the 1935 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for the synthesis of new radioactive elements. Nobel Prize in Physics 1921 In 1921 Albert Einstein won the Nobel Prize in Physics "for his services to Theoretical Physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect." Click on the links on the right to read the presentation speech, a biography, or more information. Nobel Prize in Physics, 1954 Max Born shared the Nobel prize in physics in 1954 "for his fundamental research in quantum mechanics, especially for his statistical interpretation of the wavefunction." Click on the links on this page to read the speeches detailing his work. Nobel Prize in Physics, 1997 Three physicists from the US and France won the 1997 Nobel Prize in Physics for development of methods to cool and trap atoms with laser light.