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In a ceremony held in Berkeley, California, physicist Ernest Lawrence receives the 1939 Nobel Prize in Physics from Sweden's consul general in San Francisco.
Physicist Ernest Lawrence receives the 1939 Nobel Prize in Physics at a ceremony in Berkeley, California.
Originally awarded in 1939, the Nobel Prize in Physics recognizes Ernest Lawrence for inventing the cyclotron.
Due to World War II, Lawrence travels to Berkeley rather than Stockholm to receive the honor.
On February 29, 1940, Sweden's consul general in San Francisco presents the award in a public ceremony.
Lawrence's cyclotron revolutionizes particle physics, enabling high-energy experiments on atomic nuclei.
His work lays the groundwork for future accelerators and earns him a lasting reputation in scientific innovation.
Berkeley, California
Ernest Lawrence
Nobel Prize in Physics
consul general
San Francisco