Department of Physics and Astronomy: Publications and Other Research
Date of this Version
May 1998
Abstract
A demographic database for the 139 Nobel prize winners in physics from 1901 to 1990 has been created from a variety of sources. The results of our statistical study are discussed in the light of the implications for physics teaching.
Comments
Published in Physics Education, 33(3) (May 1998), pp. 196–203. Copyright © 1998 Institute of Physics/IOP Publishing. Used by permission.