Home / Questions / When this scientist won the Nobel prize for Physics in 1956, he brought only one of his three children to the awards ceremony in Stockholm so as not to disrupt the other two sons’ studies. King Gustav scolded him about leaving his family behind on such an important occasion. He assured the King that the next time he would bring all his children and kept his word when he won again in the same category in 1972. Who is this illustrious candidate?