Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physics
Year:1937
Number:13 - 1
 
Nominee 1:
Name:Arnold Sommerfeld
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1868
Year, Death:1951
Country:GERMANY (DE)
 
Nominee 2:
Name:Alfred L Loomis
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1887
Country:UNITED STATES (US)
 
Nominee 3:
Name:Robert W Wood
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1868
Country:UNITED STATES (US)
 
 
Nominator:
Name:Egon von Schweidler
Gender:M
Profession:chairholder at invited university
Country:AUSTRIA (AT)
 
Comments: First choice: A. Sommerfeld alone. A.L. Loomis and R.W. Wood, divided. Second choice: W. Pauli alone. C.J. Davisson and L.H. Germer, divided. (see entry 13-2, 1937). Third choice: E. Fermi alone. W. Gerlach and O. Stern, divided. (see entry 13-3, 1937).