In which year did Tamm receive the Nobel Prize in Physics?
1951
1955
1958
1960
Answer
The Nobel Prize in Physics for 1958 was awarded to Igor Y. Tamm jointly with Pavel A. Cherenkov and Ilya M. Frank for the discovery and the interpretation of the Cherenkov effect. This ground-breaking scientific achievement involved the observation of faint light emitted when charged particles move at speeds exceeding that of light in a medium.
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