document_title: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 17)

question_text: who dies in svu season 17 episode 5

question_tokens: who dies in svu season 17 episode 5

text: Production[edit]

text: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit was renewed for a seventeenth season on February 5, 2015, by NBC.[2] Mariska Hargitay (Olivia Benson) had her contract renewed for season 17, as well as Ice-T (Det. Fin Tutuola).[3][4] It was announced in March 2015 that season seventeen would be show runner/executive producer Warren Leight's last season on the show; he signed a three-year deal with Sony Pictures Television, his contract allowing him to work on SVU for one final season.[5] Production on season seventeen started in late May 2015 on the two-hour season premiere, afterwards the cast and crew took a hiatus and resumed filming on August 21, 2015.[6][7] Executive producer Leight shared via Twitter that star Mariska Hargitay would be directing an episode this season as well, tweeting "Of course Mariska will direct again this year. After 17 seasons, she's in a class of her own."[8] The episode in question turned out to be "A Misunderstanding", which aired on January 20, 2016. Hargitay would also later direct "Sheltered Outcasts", which aired on March 30.

text: Storylines and cast changes[edit]

text: It was announced at the end of the sixteenth season that star Danny Pino (who portrayed Detective Nick Amaro) would be departing the cast; however, the producers did not kill off his character and left availability for him to return to the show. Leight said to The Hollywood Reporter on character departures, "I try to leave that door open. I would like to be able to bring him [Pino] back. At this point, it depends on where he is and what he's doing and what the story needs. That's one of the advantages of not killing a character that you like."[9] Warren Leight told TV Guide that season seventeen's theme would focus on change and transitions whereas last season (the sixteenth) focused on family; "it should be a year where wherever everyone starts at the beginning of the [season] is not where they end." Leight added that more character development would be in store for Raúl Esparza's ADA Barba and Peter Scanavino's Det. Carisi, as well as Benson (Hargitay) being promoted to Lieutenant.[10]

text: Star Kelli Giddish (Detective Amanda Rollins), who welcomed her first child in October 2015, had her character immersed in a pregnancy storyline. In the premiere episode, Rollins learns that she is pregnant, and tells Carisi and Benson of the news; however she also tells her co-workers that Amaro is not the father.[11][12][13] In the fifth episode, "Community Policing", it is revealed that Lt. Declan Murphy (Donal Logue) is the father of Rollins' baby. She gives birth to a healthy baby girl after the events of the ninth episode, "Depravity Standard". On April 28, 2015, it was announced that SVU producers were planning a "transgender episode" for this season, "ripping from the headlines" Caitlyn Jenner's recent publicized transition. Warren Leight told Variety, "The world keeps evolving, and there are a lot of dark areas that we need to look at ... part of my challenge and everybody's challenge here is to keep it fresh and to not let a groove turn into a rut, and that can happen for any show at any time ... everyone here is really invested in keeping the show fresh and keeping the show on. We view every year's upfronts as a place to prove that we still deserve to be here."[14] The episode, "Transgender Bridge", aired on September 30.

text: At the 2015 Television Critics Association's summer press tour Law & Order and Chicago franchise creator Dick Wolf announced that there would be a four-show crossover between SVU and the three Chicago shows (Fire, P.D., and Med) as well as announcing a desire by him and other producers for the revival of the original Law & Order series.[15][16] However, in December 2015, Chicago P.D. showrunner Matt Olmstead revealed that there were no plans for a four-show crossover and that it would only be done if the producers found the right way to do it. Instead, a two-show crossover between SVU and P.D. aired in February 2016.[17]

text: Cast[edit]

text: Main cast[edit]

text:
Mariska Hargitay as Sergeant/Lieutenant Olivia Benson
Kelli Giddish as Detective Amanda Rollins
Ice-T as Detective Fin Tutuola
Peter Scanavino as Detective Dominick "Sonny" Carisi, Jr.
Raúl Esparza as ADA Rafael Barba

text: Recurring cast[edit]

text:
Andy Karl as Sergeant Mike Dodds
Bronwyn Reed as Lucy Huston
Peter Gallagher as Deputy Chief William Dodds
Tamara Tunie as ME Dr. Melinda Warner
Robert John Burke as Lieutenant/Captain Ed Tucker
Elizabeth Marvel as Defense Attorney Rita Calhoun
Delaney Williams as Defense Attorney John Buchanan
Dallas Roberts as Dr. Gregory Yates
Jefferson Mays as ME Dr. Carl Rudnick
Robert Sean Leonard as ADA Kenneth O'Dwyer
Josh Pais as Deputy Commissioner Hank Abraham
Scott William Winters as Detective Joe Dumas
Caris Vujcec as Detective Louise Campesi
Jason Cerbone as Defense Attorney Lorenzo Desappio
Jenna Stern as Judge Elana Barth
Lindsay Pulsipher as Kim Rollins
Jessica Phillips as ADA Pippa Cox
Stephen C. Bradbury as Judge Colin McNamara
Steve Rosen as Defence Attorney Michael Guthrie
Tabitha Holbert as ADA Rose Callier
Ami Brabson as Judge Karyn Blake
Sonia Manzano as Judge Gloria Pepitone
Betsy Aidem as Dr Sloane
Max Baker as Colin Bennett
Vincent Curatola as Judge Al Burtuccio
Yvonna Kopacz-Wright as Dr. Darcy Wilder

text: Special guest stars[edit]

text:
Donal Logue as Lieutenant Declan Murphy
B.D. Wong as Dr. George Huang
Jason Beghe as Sergeant Hank Voight
Sophia Bush as Detective Erin Lindsay
Jon Seda as Detective Antonio Dawson
Richard Belzer as John Munch

text: Guest stars[edit]

text: It was announced in May 2015, that Dallas Roberts would return to SVU in the two-hour season premiere as serial rapist/killer, Dr. Gregory Yates from the sixteenth season two-hour crossover episode "Daydream Believer" with Chicago P.D.. The premiere episode was "ripped from the headlines" and surrounded Robert Durst, his murder trial, and explored some of his possible connections to a series of rape/murders that span 20 years.[6][18]

text: Danny Burstein and Rebecca Luker appeared in "Transgender Bridge" as the parents of a transgender teen who is assaulted. The two theatre stars are married in real life.[19]

text: Whoopi Goldberg was cast in a guest starring role for the October 7 episode "Institutional Fail". Goldberg portrayed Janette Grayson, a Department of Child Services supervisor whose allegedly fake reports put multiple children at risk. Grayson finds herself on trial when the agency's internal policies bring in the wrong kind of publicity.[20] Peter Gallagher also guest stars in the same episode, reprising his role of Chief Dodds, alongside Goldberg, Jessica Pimental and John Magaro.[21]

text: In "Community Policing", Donal Logue returned to SVU as Lt. Declan Murphy, after finding out about Rollins' pregnancy. Rollins revealed to Murphy that he is the father of her child.[22] Actors from Broadway's Hamilton, Leslie Odom, Jr. and Daveed Diggs also guest-starred in "Community Policing". Daveed Diggs returns in "Forty One Witnesses," alongside "Hamilton" costar Anthony Ramos.

text: Andy Karl was cast in the recurring role of Sgt. Mike Dodds, son of Chief William Dodds (played by Peter Gallagher). His character was introduced to the unit as Benson's No. 2. This reunited Karl and Gallagher after starring in the 2015 Broadway revival of the musical On the Twentieth Century.[23]

text: Lindsay Pulsipher returned this season to portray Kim Rollins, Amanda's sister, who was last seen in the season fourteen episode, "Deadly Ambition". Kim brings their mother with her to New York, Beth Anne Rollins, (portrayed by Virginia Madsen) who feels her police-officer daughter has turned her back on the family.[20] Warren Leight commented to TV Guide, "Even if their intent is to be supportive, and I'm not even sure it is, her family showing up is not a great thing for her – nothing good comes from seeing her sister or her mother."[12]

text: Christopher Sieber and Geneva Carr guest starred in the episode "Patrimonial Burden" as the parents of a large, religious family known for their reality show. The episode was inspired by the Joshua Duggar molestation scandal and also featured Chris Elliott as a crew member on the show. Elliott previously appeared in the tenth season episode "Lunacy", while Carr had appeared in two previous episodes, making this her third character portrayal on the series (not to mention her appearances on other iterations of the Law & Order universe).

text: Carolee Carmello, Nick Cordero, and Ali Wentworth all guested in the eighth episode "Melancholy Pursuit".

text: Former series regular B. D. Wong reprised his role as Dr. George Huang in the episode "Depravity Standard". The storyline revisited the case from the fourteenth season episode "Manhattan Vigil", and saw Huang testify in court for the defense.[24] This episode marked Wong's fourth guest appearance on the series following his departure from the main cast in the twelfth season.

text: Roberts reprised his role of Yates in "Nationwide Manhunt", which starts a crossover with Chicago P.D. that concludes on "The Song of Gregory William Yates".[17] Jason Beghe, Sophia Bush, Jon Seda also guest starred in the crossover. Seda previously appeared in a crossover episode of the original Law & Order as Detective Paul Falsone from Homicide: Life on the Street.

text: Kevin Tighe, who played Gregory Seale in the season 9 episode "Avatar", reprises his role in "Sheltered Outcasts" as a patient in a level three sex offender rehabilitation center.

text: Former series regular Richard Belzer reprised his role as John Munch in the episode "Fashionable Crimes", where Munch returns to SVU to assist in the case of a young model who claims to have been preyed upon by a famous fashion photographer.[25] Munch and Fin had their eyes on the photographer in the past, but were unable to build a case at the time.

text: In April 2016, it was announced that Brad Garrett would guest star in the two-part season finale which aired on May 18 and 25. He portrayed the role of Gary Munson, a correctional officer who holds a reputation of being a family man, along with a history of corruption and violence against women.[26]

text: Episodes[edit]

text:
No.
overall
No. in
season
Title
Directed by
Written by
Original air date
Prod.
code
U.S. viewers
(millions)

367
1
"Devil's Dissections"
Jean de Segonzac
Teleplay by: Warren Leight & Julie Martin
Story by: Kevin Fox
September 23, 2015 (2015-09-23)
1701
8.27[29]

The SVU returns to the beach where serial killer Gregory Yates (Dallas Roberts) had buried his victims when another body is washed ashore. Detective Rollins visits Yates in prison to obtain a confession, but he instead provides information that leads the squad to a different suspect (ME Dr. Carl Rudnick, who had performed the autopsy), causing ADA Barba to deal with the possibility of Yates appealing his conviction in court.

Episode inspired by Robert Durst and his possible connections to the Long Island serial killer murders from the past two decades.[18][27][28]

368
2
"Criminal Pathology"
Alex Chapple
Teleplay by: Julie Martin & Warren Leight
Story by: Kevin Fox
September 23, 2015 (2015-09-23)
1702
8.27[29]

The SVU team decides to do a secondary investigation into Yates' murders when his fiancée's dismembered body is discovered washed ashore. The clues then lead to the Deputy Chief M.E. Carl Rudnick (Jefferson Mays), who failed to disclose his past association with Yates. After Sergeant Benson places M.E. Rudnick under arrest, Barba pushes the SVU team to gather as much evidence against him as possible to secure a conviction. With a trial looming, Rudnick hires two defense attorneys (Elizabeth Marvel & Delaney Williams) to square off against Barba in court. Meanwhile, Rollins discovers that she is pregnant.

Episode inspired by Robert Durst and his possible connections to the Long Island serial killer murders from the past two decades.[18][27][28]

369
3
"Transgender Bridge"
Arthur W. Forney
Teleplay by: Jill Abbinanti & Céline C. Robinson
Story by: Julie Martin & Warren Leight
September 30, 2015 (2015-09-30)
1703
6.69[30]

A transgender teen, Avery, is sent to the hospital for injuries inflicted when three boys bullied and then pushed her off a walking bridge. Although Avery shows forgiveness to the boys, ruthless ADA Kenneth O'Dwyer (Robert Sean Leonard) takes the case out of family court and decides to try one of the offenders on adult charges. Detective Tutuola and the SVU squad are conflicted on whether the crime fits the charges, while dealing with the delicacy of the families involved.

370
4
"Institutional Fail"
Martha Mitchell
Teleplay by: Julie Martin & Brianna Yellen
Story by: Samantha Corbin-Miller
October 7, 2015 (2015-10-07)
1704
7.00[31]

When a child is found wandering the streets alone, Benson and SVU search for the neglectful mother, only to find another child in danger in the same home. After Benson questions the social worker (John Magaro), they discovered he has not visited the family's home in months, leading Benson to push Barba to prosecute the social worker's supervisor (Whoopi Goldberg) for falsifying records. When one child dies, Benson and Barba intensify their case against social services, which is met with resistance by Deputy Chief Dodds and 1PP. Meanwhile, Dodds announces Benson's promotion to lieutenant and his choice for her new sergeant-his son Mike.

371
5
"Community Policing"
Jean de Segonzac
Teleplay by: Warren Leight & A. Zell Williams
Story by: Kevin Fox
October 14, 2015 (2015-10-14)
1705
6.20[32]

While in pursuit of an SVU rape suspect, detectives from the 27th precinct shoot and kill an unarmed black man. Internal Affairs investigates the shooting, but under intense pressure from the Mayor and the DA, Barba takes the case to a grand jury to indict the cops. While Benson believes the detectives were following procedure, Barba disagrees, creating a tense divide between the newly-minted lieutenant and the ADA.

372
6
"Maternal Instincts"
Michael Pressman
Teleplay by: Warren Leight & Julie Martin
Story by: Robert Brooks Cohen
October 21, 2015 (2015-10-21)
1706
6.33[33]

While Rollins' mother (Virginia Madsen) throws her a baby shower, the SVU is called to a hotel after a violinist is raped by her flautist colleague, Anton (Zach McGowan). The man has no recollection of his wrongdoings and claims he was drugged and robbed by an escort. When the security tape arrives, Rollins sees that it was her fugitive sister, Kim (Lindsay Pulsipher), who stole Anton's flute, leading her to have to track down her sister before Benson and Tutuola find out her secret. Meanwhile, Deputy Chief Dodds introduces his son, Mike (Andy Karl), as SVU's new sergeant.

373
7
"Patrimonial Burden"
Martha Mitchell
Teleplay by: Jill Abbinanti & Céline C. Robinson
Story by: Warren Leight & Julie Martin
November 4, 2015 (2015-11-04)
1707
6.55[35]

The SVU is forced to investigate pregnant 13-year old Lane Baker from a famous reality TV family with 10 children. After initial hesitation by the parents to let the girl talk with detectives, Lane confesses that the family's cameraman had sex with her. However, the cameraman shows footage that Lane is covering for her brother, Graham, who has multiple past accusations of sexual misconduct. When SVU looks into the family tree, Benson and Detective Carisi realize that there is evidence of a cover-up, not only within the famous family but also in the entire small-town community. Meanwhile, Rollins experiences pregnancy health issues and is ordered on bed-rest.

Episode inspired by the Josh Duggar molestation controversy.[34]

374
8
"Melancholy Pursuit"
Michael Pressman
Teleplay by: Warren Leight & Julie Martin
Story by: Brianna Yellen & Samantha Corbin-Miller
November 11, 2015 (2015-11-11)
1708
7.76[36]

A girl goes missing and SVU is called in to find the 15-year old. When the girl turns up dead, Sgt. Dodds begins to feel overwhelmed by the case. The detectives get a break when Dr. Warner is able to get a partial DNA match, but it soon turns into a headache for Benson, as the match is to a dead man who had many children with different women. As SVU weaves through a complicated family history, Dodds becomes determined to find the man responsible.

375
9
"Depravity Standard"
Martha Mitchell
Ed Zuckerman
November 18, 2015 (2015-11-18)
1709
6.29[37]

Three years after Benson arrested him, Lewis Hodda (Tom Sizemore) refuses a plea deal on kidnapping charges. When the parents of the kidnapped boy refuse to let him testify, Barba must try Hodda on murder charges for a 1999 abduction that Benson also handled. Benson's interrogation tactics come under fire and the savvy defense attorney (Robin Weigert) hires former SVU colleague, Dr. Huang (BD Wong), to challenge Barba's already-shaky case in court. Meanwhile, Rollins goes into labor, but faces extreme difficulties.

376
10
"Catfishing Teacher"
Michael Slovis
Kevin Fox
January 6, 2016 (2016-01-06)
1710
7.84[38]

A high school teacher has sex with two of her students. Another student, Zack Foster, receives text messages, supposedly from her, to meet her at a train station and bring his passport. However, she does not show up and Zack is, instead, kidnapped by his wrestling coach, who has a history of molesting his athletes. Zack is taken to a cabin in Pennsylvania where he is tracked down by the SVU team. When Zack's parents refuse to allow him to testify in court, SVU turns to another victim, Nat Dennehy, who still resides in New York. Nat also refuses to testify but goes to the coach's house, determined to get a confession from him. Meanwhile, Rollins adjusts to motherhood with her new daughter.

377
11
"Townhouse Incident"
Nick Gomez
Brianna Yellen
January 13, 2016 (2016-01-13)
1711
8.01[39]

When Benson's sitter expresses concern over another mother for whom she babysits, Benson looks into the matter and steps into the middle of a violent home invasion where she becomes a hostage. To protect the family and save her own life, Benson works to get inside the perps' heads while SVU and newly promoted Internal Affairs Bureau (IAB) Captain Ed Tucker (Robert John Burke) works the escalating situation from the outside to rescue the lieutenant.

378
12
"A Misunderstanding"
Mariska Hargitay
Céline C. Robinson
January 20, 2016 (2016-01-20)
1712
6.91[40]

A typical he-said she-said rape case lands on Benson's desk after Rita Calhoun (Elizabeth Marvel) brings it to her attention. With SVU now entangled in a murky case, the detectives must wade through the emotions of two high school students while the parents try to save their children's futures. When Barba brings the case to trial, lies are exposed that make his prosecution even more difficult.

379
13
"Forty-One Witnesses"
Michael Pressman
Robert Brooks Cohen
February 3, 2016 (2016-02-03)
1713
7.31[41]

When an intoxicated woman is attacked outside of her apartment building, the SVU team investigates, only to find out that there are multiple witnesses who didn't call for help. While the woman struggles to remember what happened to her, Benson and Barba must deal with the unreliability of those witnesses in making an ID of the attackers. The case catches a break when Carisi is able to convince an unassuming witness to step up and testify in court.

380
14
"Nationwide Manhunt"
Alex Chapple
Warren Leight & Julie Martin
February 10, 2016 (2016-02-10)
1714
7.59[43]

Benson calls CPD Sgt. Voight (Jason Beghe) after Gregory Yates (Dallas Roberts), whom they jointly arrested last year, claims that some of the unidentified remains from the beach have ties to Chicago. Voight sends Detectives Lindsay and Dawson (Sophia Bush & Jon Seda) to New York to interview Yates. However, when Benson, Barba and Dodds return to Green Haven to meet with Yates again, they learn that he has escaped with fellow convict Dr. Carl Rudnick (Jefferson Mays), triggering a massive manhunt.

This episode begins a crossover with Chicago P.D. that concludes on "The Song of Gregory Williams Yates". It is included on the Chicago P.D. Season 3 DVD set.
Episode inspired in part by the 2015 Clinton Correctional Facility escape.[42]

381
15
"Collateral Damages"
Rosemary Rodriguez
Samantha Corbin-Miller
February 17, 2016 (2016-02-17)
1715
7.73[44]

SVU goes undercover to arrest a former boxing champion who had been suspected of having sex with minors. When they make the arrest, the boxer makes a deal with Barba to give up pedophiles active in distributing online child pornography. The detectives track down the address of an online pedophile but, when they discover the man to be a high ranking police official, whose wife is also a Corporation Counsel attorney who has worked with SVU before on previous cases, Benson must delicately handle the now high-profile case. Meanwhile, Dodds is offered a position with the joint terrorism task force by his father but decides to stay with SVU, boldly going against the Deputy Chief's wishes.

382
16
"Star-Struck Victims"
Michael Pressman
A. Zell Williams
February 24, 2016 (2016-02-24)
1716
6.47[46]

Kristi Cryer (Vivien Cardone), a vlogger, reports that she was sexually assaulted by a bartender (James Madio). However, during the investigation, it is revealed that she was also assaulted by a famous actor, Bobby D'Amico (Craig Bierko), who has ties to the NYPD. With minimal evidence and little corroboration of the victim's account, Barba decides to drop the charges, prompting Rollins to do an undercover stint. Rollins' undercover job lends credence to Kristi's rape claim, but reasonable doubt comes into play and claims arise that SVU entrapped the actor.

Episode inspired by the Bill Cosby sexual assault allegations of the previous several decades.[45]

383
17
"Manhattan Transfer"
Alex Chapple
Story by: Julie Martin & Warren Leight
Teleplay by: Kevin Fox & Brendan Feeney
March 2, 2016 (2016-03-02)
1717
6.86[47]

Carisi is sent into a brothel to complete a sting operation but, when arrests are made, it is discovered that the Vice Unit is running an operation as well. Benson gets pressure from the Vice Unit captain to drop the case, so she turns to Tucker at IAB to look into the police involved. Tucker discovers that his cousin, who is a priest at a local Catholic church, knew the victims, but a friendly family visit soon turns to suspicion. When Barba gets information on the case from the church's monsignor, he reveals to Benson that Tucker could be covering up crimes committed by the Vice cops. Benson hesitantly reveals that she is romantically involved with Tucker, triggering her suspension from SVU.

384
18
"Unholiest Alliance"
Jean de Segonzac
Teleplay by: Warren Leight & Julie Martin
Story by: Kevin Fox & Brendan Feeney
March 23, 2016 (2016-03-23)
1718
6.11[48]

With Benson transferred out of SVU, the detectives work to reveal a massive cover-up in the Catholic church. When their main witness to the crimes is murdered, Rollins and Carisi must figure out who within the clergy is responsible. As the detectives struggle with leads, Tucker's cousin is discovered to have a dark secret that may help Benson and Tucker keep their jobs, along with arresting the criminals involved.

385
19
"Sheltered Outcasts"
Mariska Hargitay
Ed Zuckerman
March 30, 2016 (2016-03-30)
1719
6.07[49]

With Carisi undercover at a homeless shelter, another rape in a recent string of attacks occurs nearby. Trying to determine if one of the residents is responsible, Carisi gets himself into hot water with members of the shelter and the community. When a shelter advocate is murdered, Benson debates pulling Carisi out, but they catch a break thanks to some fellow shelter members.

386
20
"Fashionable Crimes"
Martha Mitchell
Penelope Koechl & Jill Lorie Hurst
May 4, 2016 (2016-05-04)
1720
5.26[50]

An aspiring model says that she was raped by a famous photographer whose assistant did nothing to stop it. Former SVU Sergeant John Munch (Richard Belzer) helps the SVU squad question previous clients of the photographer, many of whom admit that they were pressured to have sex with him, but refuse to testify against him as it could jeopardize their careers.

387
21
"Assaulting Reality"
Alex Chapple
Teleplay by: Julie Martin & Warren Leight & Brianna Yellen & Robert Brooks Cohen
Story by: Brianna Yellen & Robert Brooks Cohen
May 11, 2016 (2016-05-11)
1721
6.06[51]

A contestant on Heart's Desire claims she was raped and SVU intervenes. When they question the man who was involved with the victim, they discover he is innocent, that it was another man in the house who committed the crime. All the while, the executive producers of the show hide evidence from the police and put the blame on their producer.

388
22
"Intersecting Lives"
Jonathan Starch
Julie Martin & Warren Leight
May 18, 2016 (2016-05-18)
1722
5.78[52]

Tutuola's son, Ken, tells him that a former inmate says she has been raped by Rikers correctional officer Gary Munson (Brad Garrett), who denies the allegation. Barba has SVU quietly investigate the claim by questioning Munson and other officers about a supposed human trafficking ring. After Munson is arrested and Barba gets an indictment, the ADA finds his life threatened when the correctional officer's union intervenes.

389
23
"Heartfelt Passages"
Alex Chapple
Warren Leight & Julie Martin
May 25, 2016 (2016-05-25)
1723
7.19[53]

Correctional Officer Munson's wife, Lisa, solicits Benson's help as she plans to divorce her husband. Sergeant Dodds volunteers to accompany Benson to the Munson household, where Lisa packs up to leave with her kids. When Benson goes outside to take the kids to the car, Munson brandishes a pistol and takes Dodds and Lisa hostage. A struggle for the gun later ensues, causing a bullet to discharge into Dodds' abdomen. Although he survives the surgery, Dodds suffers a stroke in the Intensive Care Unit and dies after blood clots form in his brain. Meanwhile, Barba seeks SVU's help as the threats he is receiving continue; Tucker reveals to Benson that he plans to transfer out of IAB and into hostage negotiations; and Carisi puts his plans of becoming an ADA on hold.

text: Reception[edit]

text:
No.
Title
Air date
Ratings/share
(18–49)
Viewers
(millions)
DVR
18–49
DVR viewers
(millions)
Total
18–49
Total viewers
(millions)
Rank (week)

1
"Devil's Dissections"
September 23, 2015 (2015-09-23)
1.8/6[29]
8.27[29]
1.2[54]
3.11[54]
3.0[54]
11.38[54]
N/A

2
"Criminal Pathology"
September 23, 2015 (2015-09-23)
1.8/6[29]
8.27[29]
1.2[54]
3.11[54]
3.0[54]
11.38[54]
N/A

3
"Transgender Bridge"
September 30, 2015 (2015-09-30)
1.7/5[30]
6.69[30]
1.0[55]
2.67[55]
2.7[55]
9.39[55]
N/A

4
"Institutional Fail"
October 7, 2015 (2015-10-07)
1.6/5[31]
7.00[31]
1.0[56]
2.76[56]
2.6[56]
8.95[56]
N/A

5
"Community Policing"
October 14, 2015 (2015-10-14)
1.5/5[32]
6.20[32]
1.1[57]
2.88[57]
2.6[57]
9.20[57]
N/A

6
"Maternal Instincts"
October 21, 2015 (2015-10-21)
1.5/5[33]
6.33[33]
1.0[58]
2.88[58]
2.5[58]
9.20[58]
N/A

7
"Patrimonial Burden"
November 4, 2015 (2015-11-04)
1.5/5[35]
6.55[35]
1.4[59]
3.17[59]
2.9[59]
9.72[59]
N/A

8
"Melancholy Pursuit"
November 11, 2015 (2015-11-11)
2.0/6[36]
7.76[36]
1.3[60]
3.22[60]
3.3[60]
11.00[60]
N/A

9
"Depravity Standard"
November 18, 2015 (2015-11-18)
1.4/5[37]
6.29[37]
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

10
"Catfishing Teacher"
January 6, 2016 (2016-01-06)
1.8/5[38]
7.86[38]
1.1[61]
2.93[61]
2.9[61]
10.79[61]
N/A

11
"Townhouse Incident"
January 13, 2016 (2016-01-13)
2.0/6[39]
8.01[39]
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

12
"A Misunderstanding"
January 20, 2016 (2016-01-20)
1.7/5[40]
6.91[40]
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

13
"Forty-One Witnesses"
February 3, 2016 (2016-02-03)
1.8/6[41]
7.31[41]
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

14
"Nationwide Manhunt"
February 10, 2016 (2016-02-10)
1.9/6[43]
7.69[43]
1.0
2.85
2.8
10.16[62]
N/A

15
"Collateral Damages"
February 17, 2016 (2016-02-17)
1.7/5[44]
7.73[44]
1.2
3.03
2.9
10.77[63]
N/A

16
"Star-Struck Victims"
February 24, 2016 (2016-02-24)
1.5/5[64]
6.47[64]
1.1
2.80
2.6
9.27[65]
N/A

17
"Manhattan Transfer"
March 2, 2016 (2016-03-02)
1.6/5[66]
6.86[66]
1.2
3.18
2.8
10.04[67]
N/A

18
"Unholiest Alliance"
March 23, 2016 (2016-03-23)
1.5/5[68]
6.11[69]
1.1
2.83
2.6
8.97[70]
N/A

19
"Sheltered Outcasts"
March 30, 2016 (2016-03-30)
1.4/5[49]
6.07[49]
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

20
"Fashionable Crimes"
May 4, 2016 (2016-05-04)
1.1/4[50]
5.26[50]
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

21
"Assaulting Reality"
May 11, 2016 (2016-05-11)
1.4/5[51]
6.06[51]
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

22
"Intersecting Lives"
May 18, 2016 (2016-05-18)
1.3/4[52]
5.78[52]
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

23
"Heartfelt Passages"
May 25, 2016 (2016-05-25)
1.6/6[53]
7.19[53]
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A


document_title: Civil Services Examination (India)

question_text: what is the age limit for ias for sc

question_tokens: what is the age limit for ias for sc

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text: Civil Services Examination (India)

text: Process[edit]

text: The Civil Services Examination is based on the British Raj - era Imperial Civil Service tests, as well as the civil service tests conducted by old Indian empires such as in the Mauryan Empire and Mughal Empire. The Civil Services Examination is considered to be the most difficult competitive examination in India. On average, 900,000 to 1,000,000 candidates apply every year and the number of candidates appearing to sit the preliminary examination is approximately 500,000.[2] The examination consists of the following three stages:

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text:
Stage I: Preliminary examination - A qualifying test advertised in Feb-March and held in June–July each year. Results are published in mid-August.
Stage II: Main examination - Held in October every year.
Stage III: Personality Test (interview) - held in March each year. Final results are usually announced in May .

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text: The training program for the selected candidates usually commences the following September.

text: Eligibility[edit]

text: Eligibility for the examination is as follows:[1]

text: Nationality[edit]

text:
For the Indian Administrative Service and the Indian Police Service, the candidate must be a citizen of India.
For other services, the candidate must be one of the following:

A citizen of India
A citizen of Nepal or a subject of Bhutan
A person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia or Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India

text: Education[edit]

text: All candidates must have as a minimum one of the following educational qualifications:

text:
A degree from a Central, State or a Deemed university[1]
A degree received through correspondence or distance education
A degree from an open university[3]
A qualification recognized by the Government of India as being equivalent to one of the above[1]

text: The following candidates are also eligible, but must submit proof of their eligibility from a competent authority at their institute/university at the time of the main examination, failing which they will not be allowed to attend the exam.[1]

text:
Candidates who have appeared in an examination, the passing of which would render them educationally qualified enough to satisfy one of the above points[4]
Candidates who have passed the final exam of the MBBS degree but have not yet completed an internship.
Candidates who have passed the final exam of ICAI, ICSI and ICWAI.
A degree from a private university.
A degree from any foreign university recognized by the Association of Indian Universities.

text: Age[edit]

text: The candidate must have attained the age of 21 years and must not have attained the age of 32 years (for the General category candidate) on August 1 of the year of examination. Prescribed age limits vary with respect to caste reservations.

text:
For Other Backward Castes (OBC) the upper age limit is35
For Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST), the limit is 37 years.
The upper age limit is relaxed for certain candidates who are backward with respect to other factors and differently abled [5]

text: Number of attempts[edit]

text: The number of times a candidate may attempt the exam is limited as follows:[3]

text:
General category candidates = 6.[6]
OBC category candidates = 9.
SC/ST candidates = unlimited attempts till 37 years of age.

text: Appearing to attempt one of the papers in the preliminary examination is counted as an attempt, including disqualification/ cancellation of candidature. However, applying to sit the exam but failing to attend is not counted as an attempt.[7]

text: Vacancies and Selection[edit]

text: Generally the number of vacancies varies every year. The number of candidates that pass the preliminary examination is generally 11 or 12 times the number of vacancies, and the number of candidates selected for the final interview is twice the number of vacancies. As per existing policies, reservation for SC/ST/OBC is applied to each level of the selection process.

text:
Year
Number of candidates appeared for
Number of cadidates
called for interviews

Final
Vacancies

Prelims
Mains

2010
269036
11865
2589
1043

2011
243236
11237
2415
1001

2012
271442
12190
2674
1091

2013
3,23,949
14178
3003
1228

2014
4,51,602
16286
3308
1364

2015
4,65,882
15000*
2797
1164

2016
4,59,659
15445
2961
1209

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text: List of Services[edit]

text: Following are the services which one gets on qualifying the Civil Service Examination.[8]

text: All India Services (Group A)

text:
Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Indian Police Service (IPS)
Indian Forest Service (IFoS)

text: Central Services (Group A)

text:
Indian Audit and Accounts Service (IA&AS)
Indian Civil Accounts Service (ICAS)
Indian Corporate Law Service (ICLS)
Indian Defence Accounts Service (IDAS)
Indian Defence Estates Service (IDES)
Indian Foreign Service (IFS)
Indian Information Service (IIS)
Indian Ordnance Factories Service (IOFS)
Indian Post & Telecommunication Accounts and Finance Service (IP&TAFS)
Indian Postal Service (IPoS)
Indian Railway Accounts Service (IRAS)
Indian Railway Personnel Service (IRPS)
Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS)
Indian Revenue Service (IRS-IT)
Indian Revenue Service (IRS-C&CE)
Indian Trade Service (ITrS)
Railway Protection Force (RPF)

text: Group B Services

text:
Armed Forces Headquarters Civil Service (AFHCS)
Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands Civil Service (DANICS)
Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands Police Service (DANIPS)
Pondicherry Civil Service (PCS)
Pondicherry Police Service (PPS)

text: Preliminary[edit]

text: The pattern of the Preliminary examination up to 2010 was based on the recommendations of the Kothari Commission (1979). It included two examinations, one on general studies worth 150 marks, and the second on one of 23 optional subjects worth 300 marks. Until 2011, when it was revamped,[9] the preliminary pattern was sustained with only minor changes once every ten to fifteen years.[9]

text: From 2011 onwards, the preliminary examination, now popularly known as the Civil Services Aptitude Test (CSAT) (officially it is still called General Studies Paper-1 and Paper-2), intends to focus on analytical abilities and understanding rather than the ability to memorize. The new pattern includes two papers of two hours duration and 200 marks each.[10] Both papers have multiple choice objective type questions only.[10] They are as under:

text:
Paper I tests the candidate's knowledge on current events, history of India and Indian national movement, Indian and world geography, Indian polity panchayti Raj system and governance, economic and social development, environmental ecology, biodiversity, climate change and general science, Art and culture.[10]
Paper II tests the candidates' skills in comprehension, interpersonal skills, communication, logical reasoning, analytical ability, decision making, problem solving, basic numeracy, data interpretation, English language comprehension skills and mental ability.[10]

text: In August 2014, the Centre announced that English marks in CSAT-II will not be included for gradation or merit and 2011 candidates may get a second chance to appear for the test next year.[11]

text: In May 2015, the Government of India announced that Paper II of the preliminary examination will be qualifying in nature i.e. it wouldn't be graded for eligibility in Mains Examination & a candidate needs to secure at least 33% marks in order to be eligible for graded on basis of marks of Paper I of Preliminary Examination.[1]

text: Mains[edit]

text: The Civil Services Mains Examination consists of a written examination and an interview.[1][12]

text: Examination[edit]

text: The written examination consists of nine papers, two qualifying and seven ranking in nature. The range of questions may vary from just one mark to sixty marks, twenty words to 600 words answers. Candidates who pass qualifying papers are ranked according to marks and a selected number of candidates are called for interview or a personality test at the Commission's discretion.

text: According to the new marks allocations in Civil Service Examination 2013 there are some changes made in the examination according to the suggestion of the Prof. Arun. S. Nigavekar Committee.[13] However, after some controversy, the qualifying papers for Indian languages and English were restored to the examination.[14]

text:
Civil Services New Mains Format

Paper
Subject
Marks

Paper A
(One of the Indian languages listed below, to be selected by the candidate (from the languages listed in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of India) (Qualifying)
300

Paper B
English (Qualifying)
300

Paper I
Essay
250

Paper II
General Studies I (Indian heritage and culture, history and geography of the world and society)
250

Paper III
General Studies II (Governance, constitution, polity, social justice and international relations)
250

Paper IV
General Studies III (Technology, economic development, bio-diversity, environment, security and disaster management)
250

Paper V
General Studies IV(ethics, integrity and aptitude)
250

Papers VI, VII
Two papers on subjects to be selected by the candidate from the list of optional subjects below (250 marks for each paper)
500

Sub Total (Written Test)
1750

Personality Test (Interview)
275

Total Marks
2025

text: List of Languages[edit]

text: The examination is offered in the following languages, with the name of the script in braces:[15]

text:
Assamese (Assamese)
Bengali (Bengali)
Bodo (Devanagari)
Dogri (Devanagari)
English (English)
Gujarati (Gujarati)
Hindi (Devanagari)
Kannada (Kannada)
Kashmiri (Persian)
Konkani (Devanagari)
Maithili (Devanagari)
Malayalam (Malayalam)
Manipuri (Bengali)
Marathi (Devanagari)
Nepali (Devanagari)
Oriya (Oriya)
Punjabi (Gurumukhi)
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
Santhali (Devanagri or Ol Chiki)
Sindhi (Devanagari or Arabic)
Tamil. (Tamil)
Telugu (Telugu)
Urdu (Persian)

text: Optional subjects[edit]

text: The subjects available for Papers VI and VII are:[15] Public administration is one of the most sought after optional subjects in Mains examination as it has overlapping content with other subjects like Current Affairs, History, Polity. The standards of Optional papers is of Post Graduate level. Paper I is theoretical but Paper II is often dominated by Current Affairs and Application based questions.

text:
Agriculture
Animal Husbandary and Veterinary Science
Anthropology
Botany
Chemistry
Civil Engineering
Commerce and Accountancy
Economics
Electrical Engineering
Geography
Geology
History
Law
Literature of any one of the languages listed above
Management
Mathematics
Mechanical Engineering
Medical Science
Philosophy
Physics
Political Science and International Relations
Psychology
Public Administration
Sociology
Statistics
Zoology

text: Interview[edit]

text: Officially called the "Personality Test", the objective of the interview is to assess the personal suitability of the candidate for a career in public service by a board of competent and unbiased observers. The test is intended to evaluate the mental calibre of a candidate. In broad terms, this is really an assessment of not only a candidate's intellectual qualities, but also social traits and interest in current affairs. Some of the qualities to be judged are mental alertness, critical powers of assimilation, clear and logical exposition, balance of judgement, variety and depth of interest, ability for social cohesion and leadership, and intellectual and moral integrity.

text: The technique of the interview is not that of a strict cross-examination, but of a natural, though directed and purposive conversation that is intended to reveal the mental qualities of the candidate.

text: The interview is not intended to be a test either of the specialised or general knowledge of the candidate, which has been already tested through written papers. Candidates are expected to have taken an intelligent interest not only in their special subjects of academic study, but also in the events which are happening around them both within and outside their own state or country as well as in modern currents of thought and in new discoveries which should rouse the curiosity of all well-educated youth. The interview standards are very high and require thorough preparation as well as commitment.


document_title: List of Nobel laureates in Physics

question_text: who was the first nobel prize winner in physics

text: List of Nobel laureates in Physics

text: Statistics[edit]

text: The first Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded in 1901 to Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, of Germany, who received 150,782 SEK, which is equal to 7,731,004 SEK in December 2007. John Bardeen is the only laureate to win the prize twice—in 1956 and 1972. Maria Skłodowska-Curie also won two Nobel Prizes, for physics in 1903 and chemistry in 1911. William Lawrence Bragg was, until October 2014, the youngest ever Nobel laureate; he won the prize in 1915 at the age of 25. He remains the youngest recipient of the Physics Prize.[5] Two women have won the prize: Curie and Maria Goeppert-Mayer (1963).[6] As of 2017, the prize has been awarded to 206 individuals. There have been six years in which the Nobel Prize in Physics was not awarded (1916, 1931, 1934, 1940–1942). The Nobel Prize in Physics was also not awarded in 1921, as the Nobel Committee for Physics decided that none of that year's nominations met the necessary criteria, but was awarded to Albert Einstein in 1922 and counted as the 1921 prize.[7]

text: Laureates[edit]

text:
Year
Image
Laureate[A]
Country[B]
Rationale[C]
Ref

1901

Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen
 Germany
"in recognition of the extraordinary services he has rendered by the discovery of the remarkable rays subsequently named after him"
[8]

1902

Hendrik Lorentz
 Netherlands
"in recognition of the extraordinary service they rendered by their researches into the influence of magnetism upon radiation phenomena"
[9]

Pieter Zeeman
 Netherlands

1903

Antoine Henri Becquerel
 France
"for his discovery of spontaneous radioactivity"
[10]

Pierre Curie
 France
"for their joint researches on the radiation phenomena discovered by Professor Henri Becquerel"
[10]

Maria Skłodowska-Curie
 Poland
 France

1904

Lord Rayleigh
 United Kingdom
"for his investigations of the densities of the most important gases and for his discovery of argon in connection with these studies"
[11]

1905

Philipp Eduard Anton von Lenard
 Austria-Hungary
 Germany
"for his work on cathode rays"
[12]

1906

Joseph John Thomson
 United Kingdom
"for his theoretical and experimental investigations on the conduction of electricity by gases"
[13]

1907

Albert Abraham Michelson
 United States
 Poland
"for his optical precision instruments and the spectroscopic and metrological investigations carried out with their aid"
[14]

1908

Gabriel Lippmann
 France
"for his method of reproducing colours photographically based on the phenomenon of interference"
[15]

1909

Guglielmo Marconi
 Italy
"for their contributions to the development of wireless telegraphy"
[16]

Karl Ferdinand Braun
 Germany

1910

Johannes Diderik van der Waals
 Netherlands
"for his work on the equation of state for gases and liquids"
[17]

1911

Wilhelm Wien
 Germany
"for his discoveries regarding the laws governing the radiation of heat"
[18]

1912

Nils Gustaf Dalén
 Sweden
"for his invention of automatic valves designed to be used in combination with gas accumulators in lighthouses and buoys"
[19]

1913

Heike Kamerlingh-Onnes
 Netherlands
"for his investigations on the properties of matter at low temperatures which led, inter alia, to the production of liquid helium"
[20]

1914

Max von Laue
 Germany
"For his discovery of the diffraction of X-rays by crystals", an important step in the development of X-ray spectroscopy.
[21]

1915

William Henry Bragg
 United Kingdom
"For their services in the analysis of crystal structure by means of X-rays", an important step in the development of X-ray crystallography
[22]

William Lawrence Bragg
 Australia
 United Kingdom

1916
Not awarded World War I

1917

Charles Glover Barkla
 United Kingdom
"For his discovery of the characteristic Röntgen radiation of the elements", another important step in the development of X-ray spectroscopy
[23]

1918

Max Planck
 Germany
"for the services he rendered to the advancement of physics by his discovery of energy quanta"
[24]

1919

Johannes Stark
 Germany
"for his discovery of the Doppler effect in canal rays and the splitting of spectral lines in electric fields"
[25]

1920

Charles Édouard Guillaume
  Switzerland
"for the service he has rendered to precision measurements in physics by his discovery of anomalies in nickel-steel alloys"
[26]

1921

Albert Einstein
 Germany
  Switzerland
"for his services to theoretical physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect"
[7]

1922

Niels Bohr
 Denmark
"for his services in the investigation of the structure of atoms and of the radiation emanating from them"
[27]

1923

Robert Andrews Millikan
 United States
"for his work on the elementary charge of electricity and on the photoelectric effect"
[28]

1924

Manne Siegbahn
 Sweden
"for his discoveries and research in the field of X-ray spectroscopy"
[29]

1925

James Franck
 Germany
"for their discovery of the laws governing the impact of an electron upon an atom"
[30]

Gustav Hertz
 Germany

1926

Jean Baptiste Perrin
 France
"for his work on the discontinuous structure of matter, and especially for his discovery of sedimentation equilibrium"
[31]

1927

Arthur Holly Compton
 United States
"for his discovery of the effect named after him"
[32]

Charles Thomson Rees Wilson
 United Kingdom
"for his method of making the paths of electrically charged particles visible by condensation of vapour"
[32]

1928

Owen Willans Richardson
 United Kingdom
"for his work on the thermionic phenomenon and especially for the discovery of the law named after him"
[33]

1929

Louis Victor Pierre Raymond, 7th Duc de Broglie
 France
"for his discovery of the wave nature of electrons"
[34]

1930

Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman
 India
"for his work on the scattering of light and for the discovery of the effect named after him"
[35]

1931
Not awarded

1932

Werner Heisenberg
 Germany
"for the creation of quantum mechanics, the application of which has, inter alia, led to the discovery of the allotropic forms of hydrogen"
[36]

1933

Erwin Schrödinger
 Austria
"for the discovery of new productive forms of atomic theory"
[37]

Paul Dirac
 United Kingdom

1934
Not awarded

1935

James Chadwick
 United Kingdom
"for the discovery of the neutron"
[38]

1936

Victor Francis Hess
 Austria
"for his discovery of cosmic radiation"
[39]

Carl David Anderson
 United States
"for his discovery of the positron"
[39]

1937

Clinton Joseph Davisson
 United States
"for their experimental discovery of the diffraction of electrons by crystals"
[40]

George Paget Thomson
 United Kingdom

1938

Enrico Fermi
 Italy
"for his demonstrations of the existence of new radioactive elements produced by neutron irradiation, and for his related discovery of nuclear reactions brought about by slow neutrons"
[41]

1939

Ernest Lawrence
 United States
"for the invention and development of the cyclotron and for results obtained with it, especially with regard to artificial radioactive elements"
[42]

1940
Not awarded World War II

1941
Not awarded World War II

1942
Not awarded World War II

1943

Otto Stern
 United States
"for his contribution to the development of the molecular ray method and his discovery of the magnetic moment of the proton"
[43]

1944

Isidor Isaac Rabi
 United States
 Poland
"for his resonance method for recording the magnetic properties of atomic nuclei"
[44]

1945

Wolfgang Pauli
 Austria
"for the discovery of the Exclusion Principle, also called the Pauli principle"
[45]

1946

Percy Williams Bridgman
 United States
"for the invention of an apparatus to produce extremely high pressures, and for the discoveries he made there within the field of high pressure physics"
[46]

1947

Edward Victor Appleton
 United Kingdom
"for his investigations of the physics of the upper atmosphere especially for the discovery of the so-called Appleton layer"
[47]

1948

Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett
 United Kingdom
"for his development of the Wilson cloud chamber method, and his discoveries therewith in the fields of nuclear physics and cosmic radiation"
[48]

1949

Hideki Yukawa
 Japan
"for his prediction of the existence of mesons on the basis of theoretical work on nuclear forces"
[49]

1950

Cecil Frank Powell
 United Kingdom
"for his development of the photographic method of studying nuclear processes and his discoveries regarding mesons made with this method"
[50]

1951

John Douglas Cockcroft
 United Kingdom
"for their pioneer work on the transmutation of atomic nuclei by artificially accelerated atomic particles"
[51]

Ernest Thomas Sinton Walton
 Ireland

1952

Felix Bloch
  Switzerland
 United States
"for their development of new methods for nuclear magnetic precision measurements and discoveries in connection therewith"
[52]

Edward Mills Purcell
 United States

1953

Frits Zernike
 Netherlands
"for his demonstration of the phase contrast method, especially for his invention of the phase contrast microscope"
[53]

1954

Max Born
 West Germany
"for his fundamental research in quantum mechanics, especially for his statistical interpretation of the wavefunction"
[54]

Walther Bothe
 West Germany
"for the coincidence method and his discoveries made therewith"
[54]

1955

Willis Eugene Lamb
 United States
"for his discoveries concerning the fine structure of the hydrogen spectrum"
[55]

Polykarp Kusch
 United States
 Germany
"for his precision determination of the magnetic moment of the electron"
[55]

1956

John Bardeen
 United States
"for their researches on semiconductors and their discovery of the transistor effect"
[56]

Walter Houser Brattain
 United States

William Bradford Shockley
 United States

1957

Tsung-Dao Lee
 Republic of China
"for their penetrating investigation of the so-called parity laws which has led to important discoveries regarding the elementary particles"
[57]

Chen-Ning Yang
 Republic of China

1958

Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov
 Soviet Union
"for the discovery and the interpretation of the Cherenkov effect"
[58]

Ilya Frank
 Soviet Union

Igor Yevgenyevich Tamm
 Soviet Union

1959

Emilio Gino Segrè
 Italy
 United States
"for their discovery of the antiproton"
[59]

Owen Chamberlain
 United States

1960

Donald Arthur Glaser
 United States
"for the invention of the bubble chamber"
[60]

1961

Robert Hofstadter
 United States
"for his pioneering studies of electron scattering in atomic nuclei and for his thereby achieved discoveries concerning the structure of the nucleons"
[61]

Rudolf Ludwig Mössbauer
 West Germany
"for his researches concerning the resonance absorption of gamma radiation and his discovery in this connection of the effect which bears his name"
[61]

1962

Lev Davidovich Landau
 Soviet Union
"for his pioneering theories for condensed matter, especially liquid helium"
[62]

1963

Eugene Paul Wigner
 Hungary
 United States
"for his contributions to the theory of the atomic nucleus and the elementary particles, particularly through the discovery and application of fundamental symmetry principles"
[63]

Maria Goeppert-Mayer
 United States
"for their discoveries concerning nuclear shell structure"
[63]

J. Hans D. Jensen
 West Germany

1964

Nicolay Gennadiyevich Basov
 Soviet Union
"for fundamental work in the field of quantum electronics, which has led to the construction of oscillators and amplifiers based on the maser–laser principle"
[64]

Alexander Prokhorov
 Soviet Union

Charles Hard Townes
 United States

1965

Richard Phillips Feynman
 United States
"for their fundamental work in quantum electrodynamics (QED), with deep-ploughing consequences for the physics of elementary particles"
[65]

Julian Schwinger
 United States

Shin'ichirō Tomonaga
 Japan

1966

Alfred Kastler
 France
"for the discovery and development of optical methods for studying Hertzian resonances in atoms"
[66]

1967

Hans Albrecht Bethe
 United States
"for his contributions to the theory of nuclear reactions, especially his discoveries concerning the energy production in stars"
[67]

1968

Luis Walter Alvarez
 United States
"for his decisive contributions to elementary particle physics, in particular the discovery of a large number of resonance states, made possible through his development of the technique of using hydrogen bubble chamber and data analysis"
[68]

1969

Murray Gell-Mann
 United States
"for his contributions and discoveries concerning the classification of elementary particles and their interactions"
[69]

1970

Hannes Olof Gösta Alfvén
 Sweden
"for fundamental work and discoveries in magneto-hydrodynamics with fruitful applications in different parts of plasma physics"
[70]

Louis Néel
 France
"for fundamental work and discoveries concerning antiferromagnetism and ferrimagnetism which have led to important applications in solid state physics"
[70]

1971

Dennis Gabor
 Hungary
 United Kingdom
"for his invention and development of the holographic method"
[71]

1972

John Bardeen
 United States
"for their jointly developed theory of superconductivity, usually called the BCS-theory"
[72]

Leon Neil Cooper
 United States

John Robert Schrieffer
 United States

1973

Leo Esaki
 Japan
"for their experimental discoveries regarding tunneling phenomena in semiconductors and superconductors, respectively"
[73]

Ivar Giaever
 United States
 Norway

Brian David Josephson
 United Kingdom
"for his theoretical predictions of the properties of a supercurrent through a tunnel barrier, in particular those phenomena which are generally known as the Josephson effect"
[73]

1974

Martin Ryle
 United Kingdom
"for their pioneering research in radio astrophysics: Ryle for his observations and inventions, in particular of the aperture synthesis technique, and Hewish for his decisive role in the discovery of pulsars"
[74]

Antony Hewish
 United Kingdom

1975

Aage Bohr
 Denmark
"for the discovery of the connection between collective motion and particle motion in atomic nuclei and the development of the theory of the structure of the atomic nucleus based on this connection"
[75]

Ben Roy Mottelson
 Denmark

Leo James Rainwater
 United States

1976

Burton Richter
 United States
"for their pioneering work in the discovery of a heavy elementary particle of a new kind"
[76]

Samuel Chao Chung Ting
 United States

1977

Philip Warren Anderson
 United States
"for their fundamental theoretical investigations of the electronic structure of magnetic and disordered systems"
[77]

Nevill Francis Mott
 United Kingdom

John Hasbrouck Van Vleck
 United States

1978

Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa
 Soviet Union
"for his basic inventions and discoveries in the area of low-temperature physics"
[78]

Arno Allan Penzias
 United States
"for their discovery of cosmic microwave background radiation"
[78]

Robert Woodrow Wilson
 United States

1979

Sheldon Lee Glashow
 United States
"for their contributions to the theory of the unified weak and electromagnetic interaction between elementary particles, including, inter alia, the prediction of the weak neutral current"
[79]

Abdus Salam
 Pakistan

Steven Weinberg
 United States

1980

James Watson Cronin
 United States
"for the discovery of violations of fundamental symmetry principles in the decay of neutral K-mesons"
[80]

Val Logsdon Fitch
 United States

1981

Nicolaas Bloembergen
 Netherlands
 United States
"for their contribution to the development of laser spectroscopy"
[81]

Arthur Leonard Schawlow
 United States

Kai Manne Börje Siegbahn
 Sweden
"for his contribution to the development of high-resolution electron spectroscopy"
[81]

1982

Kenneth G. Wilson
 United States
"for his theory for critical phenomena in connection with phase transitions"
[82]

1983

Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
 India
 United States
"for his theoretical studies of the physical processes of importance to the structure and evolution of the stars"
[83]

William Alfred Fowler
 United States
"for his theoretical and experimental studies of the nuclear reactions of importance in the formation of the chemical elements in the universe"
[83]

1984

Carlo Rubbia
 Italy
"for their decisive contributions to the large project, which led to the discovery of the field particles W and Z, communicators of weak interaction"
[84]

Simon van der Meer
 Netherlands

1985

Klaus von Klitzing
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 West Germany
"for the discovery of the quantized Hall effect"
[85]

1986

Ernst Ruska
 West Germany
"for his fundamental work in electron optics, and for the design of the first electron microscope"
[86]

Gerd Binnig
 West Germany
"for their design of the scanning tunneling microscope"
[86]

Heinrich Rohrer
  Switzerland

1987

Johannes Georg Bednorz
 West Germany
"for their important break-through in the discovery of superconductivity in ceramic materials"
[87]

Karl Alexander Müller
  Switzerland

1988

Leon Max Lederman
 United States
"for the neutrino beam method and the demonstration of the doublet structure of the leptons through the discovery of the muon neutrino"
[88]

Melvin Schwartz
 United States

Jack Steinberger
 United States

1989

Norman Foster Ramsey
 United States
"for the invention of the separated oscillatory fields method and its use in the hydrogen maser and other atomic clocks"
[89]

Hans Georg Dehmelt
 United States
 Germany
"for the development of the ion trap technique"
[89]

Wolfgang Paul
 West Germany

1990

Jerome I. Friedman
 United States
"for their pioneering investigations concerning deep inelastic scattering of electrons on protons and bound neutrons, which have been of essential importance for the development of the quark model in particle physics"
[90]

Henry Way Kendall
 United States

Richard E. Taylor
 Canada

1991

Pierre-Gilles de Gennes
 France
"for discovering that methods developed for studying order phenomena in simple systems can be generalized to more complex forms of matter, in particular to liquid crystals and polymers"
[91]

1992

Georges Charpak
 France
 Poland
"for his invention and development of particle detectors, in particular the multiwire proportional chamber"
[92]

1993

Russell Alan Hulse
 United States
"for the discovery of a new type of pulsar, a discovery that has opened up new possibilities for the study of gravitation"
[93]

Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr.
 United States

1994

Bertram Brockhouse
 Canada
"for the development of neutron spectroscopy" and "for pioneering contributions to the development of neutron scattering techniques for studies of condensed matter"
[94]

Clifford Glenwood Shull
 United States
"for the development of the neutron diffraction technique" and "for pioneering contributions to the development of neutron scattering techniques for studies of condensed matter"
[94]

1995

Martin Lewis Perl
 United States
"for the discovery of the tau lepton" and "for pioneering experimental contributions to lepton physics"
[95]

Frederick Reines
 United States
"for the detection of the neutrino" and "for pioneering experimental contributions to lepton physics"
[95]

1996

David Morris Lee
 United States
"for their discovery of superfluidity in helium-3"
[96]

Douglas D. Osheroff
 United States

Robert Coleman Richardson
 United States

1997

Steven Chu
 United States
"for development of methods to cool and trap atoms with laser light."
[97]

Claude Cohen-Tannoudji
 France

William Daniel Phillips
 United States

1998

Robert B. Laughlin
 United States
"for their discovery of a new form of quantum fluid with fractionally charged excitations"
[98]

Horst Ludwig Störmer
 Germany

Daniel Chee Tsui
 Republic of China
 United States

1999

Gerard 't Hooft
 Netherlands
"for elucidating the quantum structure of electroweak interactions in physics"
[99]

Martinus J. G. Veltman
 Netherlands

2000

Zhores Ivanovich Alferov
 Russia
"for developing semiconductor heterostructures used in high-speed- and optoelectronics"
[100]

Herbert Kroemer
 Germany

Jack St. Clair Kilby
 United States
"for his part in the invention of the integrated circuit"
[100]

2001

Eric Allin Cornell
 United States
"for the achievement of Bose–Einstein condensation in dilute gases of alkali atoms, and for early fundamental studies of the properties of the condensates"
[101]

Carl Edwin Wieman
 United States

Wolfgang Ketterle
 Germany

2002

Raymond Davis Jr.
 United States
"for pioneering contributions to astrophysics, in particular for the detection of cosmic neutrinos"
[102]

Masatoshi Koshiba
 Japan

Riccardo Giacconi
 Italy
 United States
"for pioneering contributions to astrophysics, which have led to the discovery of cosmic X-ray sources"
[102]

2003

Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov
 Russia
 United States
"for pioneering contributions to the theory of superconductors and superfluids"
[103]

Vitaly Lazarevich Ginzburg
 Russia

Anthony James Leggett
 United Kingdom
 United States

2004

David J. Gross
 United States
"for the discovery of asymptotic freedom in the theory of the strong interaction"
[104]

Hugh David Politzer
 United States

Frank Wilczek
 United States

2005

Roy J. Glauber
 United States
"for his contribution to the quantum theory of optical coherence"
[105]

John L. Hall
 United States
"for their contributions to the development of laser-based precision spectroscopy, including the optical frequency comb technique"
[105]

Theodor W. Hänsch
 Germany

2006

John C. Mather
 United States
"for their discovery of the blackbody form and anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background radiation"
[106]

George F. Smoot
 United States

2007

Albert Fert
 France
"for the discovery of giant magnetoresistance"
[107]

Peter Grünberg
 Germany

2008

Makoto Kobayashi
 Japan
"for the discovery of the origin of the broken symmetry which predicts the existence of at least three families of quarks in nature"
[108]

Toshihide Maskawa
 Japan

Yoichiro Nambu
 Japan
 United States
"for the discovery of the mechanism of spontaneous broken symmetry in subatomic physics"
[108]

2009

Charles K. Kao
 Hong Kong
 United Kingdom
 United States
"for groundbreaking achievements concerning the transmission of light in fibers for optical communication"
[109]

Willard S. Boyle
 Canada
 United States
"for the invention of an imaging semiconductor circuit – the CCD sensor"
[109]

George E. Smith
 United States

2010

Andre Geim
 Russia
 United Kingdom
 Netherlands
"for groundbreaking experiments regarding the two-dimensional material graphene"
[110]

Konstantin Novoselov
 Russia
 United Kingdom

2011

Saul Perlmutter
 United States
"for the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the Universe through observations of distant supernovae"
[111]

Brian P. Schmidt
 Australia
 United States

Adam G. Riess
 United States

2012

Serge Haroche
 France
"for ground-breaking experimental methods that enable measuring and manipulation of individual quantum systems."
[112]

David J. Wineland
 United States

2013

François Englert
 Belgium
"for the theoretical discovery of a mechanism that contributes to our understanding of the origin of mass of subatomic particles, and which recently was confirmed through the discovery of the predicted fundamental particle, by the ATLAS and CMS experiments at CERN's Large Hadron Collider"
[113]

Peter Higgs
 United Kingdom

2014

Isamu Akasaki
 Japan
"for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes which has enabled bright and energy-saving white light sources"
[114]

Hiroshi Amano
 Japan

Shuji Nakamura
 Japan
 United States

2015

Takaaki Kajita
 Japan
"for the discovery of neutrino oscillations, which shows that neutrinos have mass"
[115]

Arthur B. McDonald
 Canada

2016

David J. Thouless
 United Kingdom
 United States
"for theoretical discoveries of topological phase transitions and topological phases of matter"
[116]

F. Duncan M. Haldane
 United Kingdom

John M. Kosterlitz
 United Kingdom

2017

Rainer Weiss
 Germany
 United States
"for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves"
[117]

Kip Thorne
 United States

Barry Barish
 United States