Nobel Lectures in Physics
A curated collection of Nobel Prize laureate lectures in Physics from 2013 to 2025. Hear directly from the scientists who shaped modern physics — from the Higgs boson and gravitational waves to quantum entanglement and superconducting quantum circuits.
35
Lectures
33
Laureates
13
Years
2013–2025
Span
About This Course
Each year, the Nobel Prize in Physics recognizes discoveries that have transformed our understanding of the universe at every scale — from subatomic particles to the cosmos itself. The laureates deliver lectures at the Nobel ceremonies in Stockholm, presenting the stories behind their breakthroughs, the decades of meticulous experimentation, the flashes of insight, and the profound implications for science and technology.
This course collects these remarkable lectures organized by year, from the theoretical discovery of the Higgs boson (2013) to superconducting quantum circuits (2025). Each page provides context on the prize, the laureates, and embedded video lectures directly from the Nobel Foundation.
Nobel Prizes by Year
Superconducting Quantum Circuits
Macroscopic quantum phenomena and artificial atoms built from superconducting quantum circuits.
3 lectures
Neural Networks & Machine Learning
Foundational discoveries enabling machine learning with artificial neural networks.
2 lectures · Hopfield, Hinton
Attosecond Physics
Experimental methods generating attosecond pulses of light for studying electron dynamics in matter.
3 lectures · Agostini, Krausz, L'Huillier
Quantum Entanglement
Experiments with entangled photons, establishing the violation of Bell inequalities and pioneering quantum information science.
3 lectures · Aspect, Clauser, Zeilinger
Climate Physics & Complex Systems
Physical modelling of Earth's climate, quantifying variability, and understanding complex physical systems.
3 lectures · Manabe, Hasselmann, Parisi
Black Holes
Discovery that black hole formation is a robust prediction of general relativity and the discovery of a supermassive compact object at the Milky Way's centre.
3 lectures · Penrose, Genzel, Ghez
Cosmology & Exoplanets
Contributions to understanding the evolution of the universe and the discovery of an exoplanet orbiting a solar-type star.
3 lectures · Peebles, Mayor, Queloz
Laser Physics & Optical Tweezers
Groundbreaking inventions in laser physics including optical tweezers and chirped pulse amplification.
3 lectures · Ashkin, Mourou, Strickland
Gravitational Waves
Decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves.
3 lectures · Weiss, Barish, Thorne
Topological Phase Transitions
Theoretical discoveries of topological phase transitions and topological phases of matter.
2 lectures · Haldane, Kosterlitz
Neutrino Oscillations
Discovery of neutrino oscillations, demonstrating that neutrinos have mass.
2 lectures · Kajita, McDonald
Blue LEDs
Invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes enabling bright and energy-saving white light sources.
3 lectures · Akasaki, Amano, Nakamura
Higgs Boson
Theoretical discovery of the mechanism that contributes to our understanding of the origin of mass of subatomic particles.
2 lectures · Englert, Higgs
Video Source
All lectures are sourced from the official Nobel Prize YouTube channel. These are the original laureate presentations delivered at the Nobel ceremonies in Stockholm.
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