Science & Environment
Australia’s Nobel Prize winners
From discovering the universe is expanding increasingly rapidly to experimenting on themselves with bacteria cocktails, these are our Nobel Laureates
From discovering the universe is expanding increasingly rapidly to experimenting on themselves with bacteria cocktails, these are our Nobel Laureates
Australia’s laureates have been illustrious, ranging from the man recognised for discovering that the universe is rapidly expanding to another lauded for drinking a bacteria cocktail. As far back as 1915 we laid claim to one of the youngest ever Nobel Laureates, 25-year-old Lawrence Bragg. So far Australia has played a part in producing 15 Nobel Prize winners, all brilliant and, often, unexpected.