Physics was the prize area which Alfred Nobel mentioned first in his will from 1895. At the end of the nineteenth century, many people considered physics as the foremost of the sciences, and perhaps Nobel saw it this way as well. His own research was also closely tied to physics.
Alfred Nobel made sure the prizes were given to those who deserve it through his will. It would be divided into five equal parts, and one of them was physics. The will and description was as followed:
(Excerpt from the will of Alfred Nobel)
The Nobel Prize in Physics is awarded by The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden.
Prize motivation: "for theoretical discoveries in physical cosmology"
Prize motivation: "for the discovery of an exoplanet orbiting a solar-type star"
Prize motivation: "for the discovery of an exoplanet orbiting a solar-type star"