Wilhelm Wien received a notable prize in 1911, can you name it?
Pulitzer Prize
Man Booker Prize
Nobel Prize
Grammy Award
Answer
In 1911, Wilhelm Wien received the Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on black body radiation. His work was important because it helped to explain how objects emit light, and it also led to the development of the quantum theory of radiation.
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