Sir William Lawrence Bragg was only 25 when the Australian-born British physicist shared the 1915 Nobel Prize in Physics with his father William Henry Bragg “for their services in the analysis of crystal structure by means of X-rays,” an important step in the development of X-ray crystallography. Bragg remains the youngest Nobel Prize winner in any scientific category. Read Who Cares? about the struggle for dignity at Woodruff Home for the Aged, “a lively place where old people go to die.” Learn more about the book and its characters, aged 9-90, in NOVELS.
Sir William Lawrence Bragg youngest Nobel winner in any science category
Woodruff Home for the Aged, where aging with dignity battles corporate greed
