Who was the king of Sweden that presented Rubbia with the Nobel Prize?
Carl XVI Gustaf
Gustav IV Adolf
Oscar II
Gustav V
Answer
The Nobel Prize in Physics was presented to Carlo Rubbia by Carl XVI Gustaf, the king of Sweden, in 1984. Rubbia, an Italian physicist, shared the prize with Simon van der Meer for their decisive contributions to the Large Electron-Positron project, which led to the discovery of the field particles W and Z, responsible for the weak nuclear force.
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