The Nobel and the modern world
An editorial selection for comparing processes, events, and lives. The interval and counts describe selected records, not the historical boundaries or importance of the subject.
- Canonical records
- 638
- Events
- 638
- People
- 0
- Processes and periods
- 0
Topics represented
Nobel Prizes (638) · Physics (119) · Literature (118) · Chemistry (117) · Physiology or Medicine (116) · Peace (106) · Economic Sciences (58) · Nobel institutions (5)
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| Americas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Asia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Europe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 481 | 156 |
| Oceania | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Global / no specific region | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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1935
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1935The 1935 award linked this prize to Hans Spemann. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.
1935
Nobel Prize in Peace 1935The 1935 award linked this prize to Carl von Ossietzky. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.
1935
Nobel Prize in Physics 1935The 1935 award linked this prize to James Chadwick. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.
1936
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1936The 1936 award linked this prize to Peter Debye. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.
1936
Nobel Prize in Literature 1936The 1936 award linked this prize to Eugene O'Neill. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.
1936
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1936The 1936 award linked this prize to Sir Henry Dale and Otto Loewi. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.
1936
Nobel Prize in Peace 1936The 1936 award linked this prize to Carlos Saavedra Lamas. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.
1936
Nobel Prize in Physics 1936The 1936 award linked this prize to Victor F. Hess and Carl D. Anderson. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.
1937
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1937The 1937 award linked this prize to Norman Haworth and Paul Karrer. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.
1937
Nobel Prize in Literature 1937The 1937 award linked this prize to Roger Martin du Gard. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.
1937
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1937The 1937 award linked this prize to Albert Szent-Györgyi. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.
1937
Nobel Prize in Peace 1937The 1937 award linked this prize to Robert Cecil, Viscount Cecil of Chelwood. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.
1937
Nobel Prize in Physics 1937The 1937 award linked this prize to Clinton Davisson and George Paget Thomson. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.
1938
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1938The 1938 award linked this prize to Richard Kuhn. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized. Adolf Hitler’s regime prevented Richard Kuhn from accepting the prize at the time; he later received the diploma and medal, but not the prize amount.
1938
Nobel Prize in Literature 1938The 1938 award linked this prize to Pearl Buck. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.
1938
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1938The 1938 award linked this prize to Corneille Heymans. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.
1938
Nobel Prize in Peace 1938The 1938 award linked this prize to Nansen International Office for Refugees. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.
1938
Nobel Prize in Physics 1938The 1938 award linked this prize to Enrico Fermi. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.
1939
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1939The 1939 award linked this prize to Adolf Butenandt and Leopold Ruzicka. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized. Adolf Hitler’s regime prevented Adolf Butenandt from accepting the prize at the time; he later received the diploma and medal, but not the prize amount.
1939
Nobel Prize in Literature 1939The 1939 award linked this prize to Frans Eemil Sillanpää. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.
1939
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1939The 1939 award linked this prize to Gerhard Domagk. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized. Adolf Hitler’s regime prevented Gerhard Domagk from accepting the prize at the time; he later received the diploma and medal, but not the prize amount.
1939
Nobel Prize in Physics 1939The 1939 award linked this prize to Ernest Lawrence. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.
1943
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1943The 1943 award linked this prize to George de Hevesy. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.
1943
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1943The 1943 award linked this prize to Henrik Dam and Edward A. Doisy. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.
1943
Nobel Prize in Physics 1943The 1943 award linked this prize to Otto Stern. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.
1944
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1944The 1944 award linked this prize to Otto Hahn. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.
1944
Nobel Prize in Literature 1944The 1944 award linked this prize to Johannes V. Jensen. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.
1944
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1944The 1944 award linked this prize to Joseph Erlanger and Herbert S. Gasser. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.
1944
Nobel Prize in Peace 1944The 1944 award linked this prize to International Committee of the Red Cross. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.
1944
Nobel Prize in Physics 1944The 1944 award linked this prize to Isidor Isaac Rabi. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.