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. 1951

    Nobel Prize in Literature 1951

    The 1951 award linked this prize to Pär Lagerkvist. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  2. 1951

    Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1951

    The 1951 award linked this prize to Max Theiler. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  3. 1951

    Nobel Prize in Peace 1951

    The 1951 award linked this prize to Léon Jouhaux. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  4. 1951

    Nobel Prize in Physics 1951

    The 1951 award linked this prize to John Cockcroft and Ernest T.S. Walton. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  5. 1952

    Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1952

    The 1952 award linked this prize to Archer J.P. Martin and Richard L.M. Synge. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  6. 1952

    Nobel Prize in Literature 1952

    The 1952 award linked this prize to François Mauriac. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  7. 1952

    Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1952

    The 1952 award linked this prize to Selman A. Waksman. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  8. 1952

    Nobel Prize in Peace 1952

    The 1952 award linked this prize to Albert Schweitzer. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  9. 1952

    Nobel Prize in Physics 1952

    The 1952 award linked this prize to Felix Bloch and E. M. Purcell. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  10. 1953

    Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1953

    The 1953 award linked this prize to Hermann Staudinger. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  11. 1953

    Nobel Prize in Literature 1953

    The 1953 award linked this prize to Winston Churchill. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  12. 1953

    Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1953

    The 1953 award linked this prize to Hans Krebs and Fritz Lipmann. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  13. 1953

    Nobel Prize in Peace 1953

    The 1953 award linked this prize to George C. Marshall. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  14. 1953

    Nobel Prize in Physics 1953

    The 1953 award linked this prize to Frits Zernike. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  15. 1954

    Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1954

    The 1954 award linked this prize to Linus Pauling. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  16. 1954

    Nobel Prize in Literature 1954

    The 1954 award linked this prize to Ernest Hemingway. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  17. 1954

    Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1954

    The 1954 award linked this prize to John F. Enders, Thomas H. Weller and Frederick C. Robbins. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  18. 1954

    Nobel Prize in Peace 1954

    The 1954 award linked this prize to Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  19. 1954

    Nobel Prize in Physics 1954

    The 1954 award linked this prize to Max Born and Walther Bothe. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  20. 1955

    Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1955

    The 1955 award linked this prize to Vincent du Vigneaud. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  21. 1955

    Nobel Prize in Literature 1955

    The 1955 award linked this prize to Halldór Laxness. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  22. 1955

    Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1955

    The 1955 award linked this prize to Hugo Theorell. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  23. 1955

    Nobel Prize in Physics 1955

    The 1955 award linked this prize to Willis E. Lamb and Polykarp Kusch. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  24. 1956

    Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1956

    The 1956 award linked this prize to Sir Cyril Hinshelwood and Nikolay Semenov. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  25. 1956

    Nobel Prize in Literature 1956

    The 1956 award linked this prize to Juan Ramón Jiménez. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  26. 1956

    Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1956

    The 1956 award linked this prize to André F. Cournand, Werner Forssmann and Dickinson W. Richards. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  27. 1956

    Nobel Prize in Physics 1956

    The 1956 award linked this prize to William B. Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter H. Brattain. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  28. 1957

    Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1957

    The 1957 award linked this prize to Lord Todd. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  29. 1957

    Nobel Prize in Literature 1957

    The 1957 award linked this prize to Albert Camus. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  30. 1957

    Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1957

    The 1957 award linked this prize to Daniel Bovet. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.