| PLANCK | Scientist awarded a Nobel Prize for his contribution to the advancement of physics by his discovery |
| SONATA | My boy receives little thanks for his contribution to the music world (6) |
| FREUD | Father of psychoanalysis who received the 1930 Goethe Prize for his contribution to psychology and G |
| EINSTEIN | Albert -; scientist awarded a Nobel Prize for his discovery of the photoelectric effect (8) |
| UNIVERSEIN | The ___ a Nutshell 2001 book about theoretical physics by Stephen Hawking: 2 wds. |
| BOHR | Niels -; scientist awarded a Nobel Prize for contributions towards the understanding of quantum theory and atomic structure (4) |
| ECCLES | John -; co-recipient of a Nobel Prize for his contributions towards the understanding of synaptic transmission in the brain (6) |
| DRENCH | Make one take physic by force and soak one for it (6) |
| NERNST | German scientist awarded the 1920 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his contribution to thermochemistry (6) |
| BETHE | Hans ___, German-American physicist awarded a Nobel Prize in 1967 'for his contributions to the theory of nuclear reactions' (5) |
| TALBOT | William Fox -; author of The Pencil of Nature who lived at Lacock Abbey, famous for his contributions to the invention of photography (6) |
| EHRLICH | Paul ___, German bacteriologist awarded a Nobel prize in 1908 for his contributions to immunology |
| RAYLEIGH | 3rd Baron -; title of John Strutt, scientist awarded the 1904 Nobel Prize in Physics with William Ramsay for his part in the discovery of argon (8) |
| ASTELL | Mary ___, author of A Serious Proposal to the Ladies, for the Advancement of Their True and Greatest Interest (1694) (6) |
| SCOTT | Ragtime composer who was awarded a posthumous Pulitzer for his contribution to American music, ... J |
| THOMASEDISON | US inventor known for his contributions to the incandescent light bulb (6,6) |
| NASH | Mathematician who received a Nobel Prize in economics for his contributions to game theory |
| OFWINE | Henry Mancini won the Academy's Best Song Award for his contribution to Blake Edwards' Days ... And |
| KENNETH | ___ Branagh, writer, actor and director honoured for his contribution to theatre at the Olivier Awards earlier this year (7) |
| ASTAIRE | In 1950 dancer Fred ... was awarded an Oscar for "unique artistry and his contributions to the techniques of musical pictures" |