Aleksotas, Kingdom of Poland (now Kaunas, Lithuania), 22 June 1864
Göttingen, German Empire, 12 January 1909
mathematician

Hermann Minkowski



Hermann Minkowski

Aleksotas, Kingdom of Poland (now Kaunas, Lithuania), 22 June 1864
Göttingen, German Empire, 12 January 1909
mathematician

Hermann Minkowski



Minkowski in 1883, at the time of being awarded the Mathematics Prize of the French Academy of Sciences

Aleksotas, Kingdom of Poland (now Kaunas, Lithuania), 22 June 1864
Göttingen, German Empire, 12 January 1909
mathematician

Hermann Minkowski



Special relativity - world line

Aberdeen, Scotland, June 22, 1943
physicist

Michael Kosterlitz



Michael Kosterlitz

Aberdeen, Scotland, June 22, 1943
physicist

Michael Kosterlitz



Michael Kosterlitz at Nobel press conference in Stockholm, Sweden, December 2016

Aberdeen, Scotland, June 22, 1943
physicist

Michael Kosterlitz



Phase diagram of a second order quantum phase transition

Jerusalem, 22 June 1939
crystallographer

Ada Yonath



Yonath in Kerala, February 2013

Jerusalem, 22 June 1939
crystallographer

Ada Yonath



Ada Yonath at the Weizmann Institute of Science

Jerusalem, 22 June 1939
crystallographer

Ada Yonath



Atomic structure of the 50S subunit from Haloarcula marismortui. Proteins are shown in blue and the two RNA chains in brown and yellow. The small patch of green in the center of the subunit is the active site

Jerusalem, 22 June 1939
crystallographer

Ada Yonath



A ribosome translating a protein that is secreted into the endoplasmic reticulum

Jerusalem, 22 June 1939
crystallographer

Ada Yonath



Telephone interview with Ada Yonath during the announcement of the Nobel Prize

Albertville, France, 22 June 1944
scientist

Gérard Mourou



Gérard Mourou

Albertville, France, 22 June 1944
scientist

Gérard Mourou



Mourou, speaking in 2018 after being awarded the Nobel Prize

Albertville, France, 22 June 1944
scientist

Gérard Mourou



Gérard Mourou during Nobel press conference in Stockholm, December 2018

Albertville, France, 22 June 1944
scientist

Gérard Mourou



Scheme of chirped pulse amplification

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