The Nobel and the modern world

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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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  1. 1945

    Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1945

    The 1945 award linked this prize to Artturi Virtanen. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  2. 1945

    Nobel Prize in Literature 1945

    The 1945 award linked this prize to Gabriela Mistral. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  3. 1945

    Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1945

    The 1945 award linked this prize to Sir Alexander Fleming, Ernst B. Chain and Sir Howard Florey. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  4. 1945

    Nobel Prize in Peace 1945

    The 1945 award linked this prize to Cordell Hull. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  5. 1945

    Nobel Prize in Physics 1945

    The 1945 award linked this prize to Wolfgang Pauli. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  6. 1946

    Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1946

    The 1946 award linked this prize to James B. Sumner, John H. Northrop and Wendell M. Stanley. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  7. 1946

    Nobel Prize in Literature 1946

    The 1946 award linked this prize to Hermann Hesse. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  8. 1946

    Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1946

    The 1946 award linked this prize to Hermann J. Muller. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  9. 1946

    Nobel Prize in Peace 1946

    The 1946 award linked this prize to Emily Greene Balch and John R. Mott. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  10. 1946

    Nobel Prize in Physics 1946

    The 1946 award linked this prize to Percy W. Bridgman. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  11. 1947

    Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1947

    The 1947 award linked this prize to Sir Robert Robinson. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  12. 1947

    Nobel Prize in Literature 1947

    The 1947 award linked this prize to André Gide. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  13. 1947

    Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1947

    The 1947 award linked this prize to Carl Cori, Gerty Cori and Bernardo Houssay. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  14. 1947

    Nobel Prize in Peace 1947

    The 1947 award linked this prize to Friends Service Council and American Friends Service Committee. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  15. 1947

    Nobel Prize in Physics 1947

    The 1947 award linked this prize to Edward V. Appleton. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  16. 1948

    Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1948

    The 1948 award linked this prize to Arne Tiselius. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  17. 1948

    Nobel Prize in Literature 1948

    The 1948 award linked this prize to T.S. Eliot. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  18. 1948

    Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1948

    The 1948 award linked this prize to Paul Müller. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  19. 1948

    Nobel Prize in Physics 1948

    The 1948 award linked this prize to Patrick M.S. Blackett. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  20. 1949

    Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1949

    The 1949 award linked this prize to William F. Giauque. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  21. 1949

    Nobel Prize in Literature 1949

    The 1949 award linked this prize to William Faulkner. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  22. 1949

    Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1949

    The 1949 award linked this prize to Walter Hess and Egas Moniz. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  23. 1949

    Nobel Prize in Peace 1949

    The 1949 award linked this prize to Lord Boyd Orr. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  24. 1949

    Nobel Prize in Physics 1949

    The 1949 award linked this prize to Hideki Yukawa. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  25. 1950

    Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1950

    The 1950 award linked this prize to Otto Diels and Kurt Alder. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  26. 1950

    Nobel Prize in Literature 1950

    The 1950 award linked this prize to Bertrand Russell. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  27. 1950

    Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1950

    The 1950 award linked this prize to Edward C. Kendall, Tadeus Reichstein and Philip S. Hench. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  28. 1950

    Nobel Prize in Peace 1950

    The 1950 award linked this prize to Ralph Bunche. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  29. 1950

    Nobel Prize in Physics 1950

    The 1950 award linked this prize to Cecil Powell. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  30. 1951

    Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1951

    The 1951 award linked this prize to Edwin M. McMillan and Glenn T. Seaborg. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.