Gwen Prout stamp collection vol.42 Nobel Prize Physics 1965-1975

The volume comprises a collection of stamps, first day covers, biographies and press cuttings about various winners of the Nobel Prize in Physics awarded between 1965 and 1975. Some of the items come with annotations and captions made by Gwen Prout. The stamps come from all over the world covering Europe, North America, South America, Asia and Africa.

The volume covers the following Nobel Prize winners:

1965: Richard Feynman, Julian Schwinger and Sin-Itiro Tomonaga

1966: Alfred Kastler

1967: Hans Albrecht Bethe

1968: Luis Walter Alvarez

1969: Murray Gell-Mann

1970: Hannes Alfvén and Louis Néel

1971: Dennis Gabor

1972: John Bardeen, Leon Cooper and John Robert Schrieffer

1973: Leo Esaki, Ivar Giaever and Brian Josephson

1974: Martin Ryle and Antony Hewish

1975: Aage Bohr, Ben Roy Mottelson and James Rainwater