Jewish Laureates of Nobel Prize in Physics (41 of 'em)

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[dennisw]

Physics

Year	Nobel Laureate	Country of birth
2003	Ginzburg, Vitaly L. "for pioneering contributions to the theory of superconductors and superfluids"	Russia
2000	Alferov, Zhores I. "for basic work on information and communication technology"	Russia
1997	Cohen-Tannoudji, Claude "for development of methods to cool and trap atoms with laser light"	Algeria
1996	Lee, David M. "for their discovery of superfluidity in helium-3"	USA
1995	Perl, Martin L. "for the discovery of the tau lepton "	Russia
1995	Reines, Frederick "for the detection of the neutrino"	USA
1992	Charpak, Georges "for his invention and development of particle detectors, in particular the multiwire proportional chamber"	Poland
1990	Friedman, Jerome I. "for their pioneering investigations concerning deep inelastic scattering of electrons on protons and bound neutrons, which have been of essential importance for the development of the quark model in particle physics"	USA
1988	Lederman, Leon M. "for the neutrino beam method and the demonstration of the doublet structure of the leptons through the discovery of the muon neutrino"	USA
1988	Schwartz, Melvin "for the neutrino beam method and the demonstration of the doublet structure of the leptons through the discovery of the muon neutrino"	USA
1988	Steinberger, Jack "for the neutrino beam method and the demonstration of the doublet structure of the leptons through the discovery of the muon neutrino"	Germany
1979	Glashow, Sheldon L. "for their contributions to the theory of the unified weak and electromagnetic interaction between elementary particles, including inter alia the prediction of the weak neutral current"	USA
1979	Weinberg, Steven "for their contributions to the theory of the unified weak and electromagnetic interaction between elementary particles, including inter alia the prediction of the weak neutral current"	USA
1978	Kapitsa, Pyotr L. "for his basic inventions and discoveries in the area of low-temperature physics"	Russia
1978	Penzias, Arno A. "for their discovery of cosmic microwave background radiation"	Germany
1976	Richter, Burton "for their pioneering work in the discovery of a heavy elementary particle of a new kind"	USA
1975	Mottelson, Ben Roy "for the discovery of the connection between collective motion and particle motion in atomic nuclei and the development of the theory of the structure of the atomic nucleus based on this connection"	USA
1973	Josephson, Brian D. "for his theoretical predictions of the properties of a supercurrent through a tunnel barrier, in particular those phenomena which are generally known as the Josephson effects"	UK
1972	Cooper, Leon N. "for their jointly developed theory of superconductivity, usually called the BCS-theory"	USA
1971	Gabor, Dennis "for his invention and development of the holographic method"	Hungary
1969	Gell-Mann, Murray "for his contributions and discoveries concerning the classification of elementary particles and their interactions"	USA
1967	Bethe, Hans A. "for his contributions to the theory of nuclear reactions, especially his discoveries concerning the energy production in stars"	USA
1965	Feynman, Richard P. "for their fundamental work in quantum electrodynamics, with deep-ploughing consequences for the physics of elementary particles"	USA
1965	Schwinger, Julian "for their fundamental work in quantum electrodynamics, with deep-ploughing consequences for the physics of elementary particles"	USA
1963	Wigner, Eugene P. "for his contributions to the theory of the atomic nucleus and the elementary particles, particularly through the discovery and application of fundamental symmetry principles"	Hungary
1962	Landau, Lev D. "for his pioneering theories for condensed matter, especially liquid helium"	Uzbekistan
1961	Hofstadter, Robert "for his pioneering studies of electron scattering in atomic nuclei and for his thereby achieved discoveries concerning the structure of the nucleons"	USA
1960	Glaser, Donald A. "for the invention of the bubble chamber"	USA
1959	Segre, Emilio Gino "for their discovery of the antiproton"	Italy
1958	Frank, Il'ja M. "for the discovery and the interpretation of the Cherenkov effect"	Russia
1958	Tamm, Igor Y. "for the discovery and the interpretation of the Cherenkov effect"	Russia
1954	Born, Max "for his fundamental research in quantum mechanics, especially for his statistical interpretation of the wavefunction"	Poland
1952	Bloch, Felix "for their development of new methods for nuclear magnetic precision measurements and discoveries in connection therewith"	Switzerland
1945	Pauli, Wolfgang "for the discovery of the Exclusion Principle, also called the Pauli Principle"	Austria
1944	Rabi, Isidor Isaac "for his resonance method for recording the magnetic properties of atomic nuclei"	Austria
1943	Stern, Otto "for his contribution to the development of the molecular ray method and his discovery of the magnetic moment of the proton"	Germany
1925	Franck, James "for their discovery of the laws governing the impact of an electron upon an atom"	Germany
1922	Bohr, Niels "for his services in the investigation of the structure of atoms and of the radiation emanating from them"	Denmark
1921	Einstein, Albert "for his services to Theoretical Physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect"	Germany
1908	Lippmann, Gabriel "for his method of reproducing colors photographically based on the phenomenon of interference"	Luxembourg
1907	Michelson, Albert A. "for his optical precision instruments and the spectroscopic and metrological investigations carried out with their aid"	Poland

Total number of Jewish Laureates: 41

[Alberta's Child]

I have to be honest with you -- I never understood this obsession with religion or national origin when it came to things like this.

[dennisw]

There's a good list of Jewish hockey players and baseball players.

[Alberta's Child]

LOL. I only know of one Jewish hockey player on the NHL level -- Mathieu Schneider (well, half-Jewish!).

Anytime I see one of these lists, I always wonder if it is soon to be followed by a list of serial killers of the same racial/religious/ethnic background.

[RightWhale]

The USA was missing from the list for a long time. Then it came to dominate. Now it still leads but no longer dominates. It was a good ride, but the pack has caught up.

[dennisw]

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[veronica]

BTTT. :)

[umgud]

Doesn't this discriminate against Palestinians, who aparently haven't made the list?(/sarcasm)

[veronica]

Popular music without Jews is like basketball without Blacks.

Jerry Lieber and Mike Stoller's (Smokey Joe's Cafe was all their music) works for instance include; "Hound Dog", "Love Potion No. 9", "Yakety Yak", "Jailhouse Rock", "On Broadway", "Stand by Me", "Kansas City", "Charlie Brown", "Is That All There Is?" "Some Cats Know", "Searchin'" "Little Egypt" "There Goes My Baby", "I'm a Woman", and on and on.

[dennisw]

Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller have written some of the most spirited and enduring rock and roll songs: "Hound Dog" (originally cut by Big Mama Thornton in 1953 and covered by Elvis Presley three years later), "Love Potion No. 9" (the Clovers), "Kansas City" (Wilbert Harrison), "On Broadway" (the Drifters), "Ruby Baby" (Dion) and "Stand By Me" (Ben E. King). Their vast catalog includes virtually every major hit by the Coasters (e.g., "Searchin'," "Young Blood," "Charlie Brown," "Yakety Yak" and "Poison Ivy"). They also worked their magic on Elvis Presley, writing "Jailhouse Rock," "Treat Me Nice" and "You're So Square (Baby I Don't Care)" specifically for him. All totaled, Presley recorded more than 20 Leiber and Stoller songs.
As pop auteurs who wrote, arranged and produced countless recordings by the above-mentioned artists and others, Leiber and Stoller advanced rock and roll to new heights of wit and musical sophistication. They were particularly influential during rock and roll's first decade, beginning with the original recording of "Hound Dog" in 1953 and continuing through to the Drifters' "On Broadway" in 1963. They brought a range of stylistic flavor to their story songs, which ranged from wisecracking, finger-popping hipster tunes to quieter love ballads. They even made a foray into country & western at Elvis Presley's request, penning "Just Tell Her Jim Said Hello." About all that their songs had in common was a fundamental grounding in rhythm & blues.

Leiber, the son of Jewish immigrants from Poland, was born in 1933 and grew up on the edge of Baltimore's black ghetto. Stoller, also born in 1933, was raised in Queens, learning the basics of blues and boogie-woogie from black kids at summer camp. The pair met in Los Angeles in 1950 and began writing right away. Leiber served as the sharp-witted lyricist, while the classically trained but jazz- and R&B-loving Stoller wrote the music. In 1951 one of the duo's early songs, "That's What the Good Book Says," was recorded by the Robins (who later became the Coasters) for Lester Sill's Modern Records. In 1953, Leiber and Stoller formed their own label, Spark, which released classics like the Robins' "Riot in Cell Block #9." After a string of similarly gutsy, groundbreaking records, Atlantic Records signed Leiber and Stoller to one of the industry's first independent production deals.

After enjoying a wildly successful run at Atlantic in the late Fifties and early Sixties, Leiber and Stoller made their final and most successful attempt at running their own record label in 1964. Red Bird Records spotlighted the girl-group sound. Their unerring eye for talent brought great young producers and songwriters into the Red Bird fold. The company's very first release - "Chapel of Love," by the Dixie Cups - shot to #1. Of Red Bird's first 30 singles, 11 made the Top Forty - an outstanding percentage in the music industry. Red Bird's commercial success was equaled by the quality of the music, including such girl-group classics as the Shangri-La's "Leader of the Pack." Though the era of such timeless singles faded long ago, Leiber and Stoller have remained active in the music business to which they've contributed so substantially.






March 13, 1933
Mike Stoller was born.

April 25, 1933
Jerry Leiber was born.

1957
Leiber & Stoller are summoned to New York by Elvis's Brill Building music publisher to write songs for the movie 'Jailhouse Rock.' The title song soon reaches #1.

February 1, 1957
Atlantic releases "Youngblood"/"Searchin" by the Coasters. Written and produced by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, the song stays on the charts for most of the year. Leiber and Stoller will go on to produce and record numerous hits by the Coasters and other Atlantic artists such as the Drifters, Ben E. King and LaVern Baker.

January 30, 1961
Leiber & Stoller overhear Ellie Greenwich singing in the next room at the Brill Building and offer her a job as a staff writer, she is soon joined by her future husband and songwriting partner, Jeff Barry.

1964
Leiber and Stoller start the Red Bird record label.

1987
Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.