Welcome to “Nobel Luminaries” – the online encyclopedia for Jewish Nobel Prize Laureates. The site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Ely Ben-Gal Z”L, initiator and editor of the encyclopedia, a co-founder and chief historian of Beit Hatfutsot.
Advised by the late Prof. Yeshayahu Leibowitz, Ely Ben-Gal produced the encyclopedia during the 1990’s
Melvin Schwartz was born in New-York in 1932. He studied physics at Columbia University, received his Ph.d. in 1958 and joined the staff as a notable lecturer and researcher. Melvin Schwartz received the 1988 Nobel prize in physics, together with Leon Lederman and Jack Steinberger, "For the neutrino beam method and the demonstration of the ...
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Gustav Hertz was born in 1887 in Germany. He received the 1925 Nobel prize in physics, together with James Franck, "for their discovery of the laws governing the impact of an electron upon an atom". The so called "Franck-Hertz experiment" gave empirical evidence to Niels Bohr's atom model, thus helping it become paradigmatic in modern ...
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Alfred Fried was born in 1864 in Vienna, but spent most of his life in Berlin. He established pro-peace organizations, and until his death in 1921, wrote many books and essays and published magazines on the topic of peace. For this lifework, Alfred Fried was awarded in 1911 the Nobel Peace Prize.
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This site is dedicated to the bright memory of Dr. Eli Ben Gal Z”L, who initiated and produced the “Jewish Nobel Luminaries” encyclopedia. Dr. Eli Ben-Gal was among the founders of Beit Hatfutsot in 1978 and served as chief historian of the museum for 20 years.
Historian Dr. Eli Ben Gal (1935 – 2015) was born in France to an assimilated Jewish family. During the Holocaust his entire family went into hiding…