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. 1957

    Nobel Prize in Peace 1957

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

  2. 1957

    Nobel Prize in Physics 1957

    The 1957 award linked this prize to Chen Ning Yang and Tsung-Dao Lee. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  3. 1958

    Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1958

    The 1958 award linked this prize to Frederick Sanger. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  4. 1958

    Nobel Prize in Literature 1958

    The 1958 award linked this prize to Boris Pasternak. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized. Boris Pasternak initially accepted and was later compelled by the Soviet authorities to decline.

  5. 1958

    Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1958

    The 1958 award linked this prize to George Beadle, Edward Tatum and Joshua Lederberg. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  6. 1958

    Nobel Prize in Peace 1958

    The 1958 award linked this prize to Georges Pire. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  7. 1958

    Nobel Prize in Physics 1958

    The 1958 award linked this prize to Pavel A. Cherenkov, Igor Y. Tamm and Il´ja M. Frank. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  8. 1959

    Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1959

    The 1959 award linked this prize to Jaroslav Heyrovsky. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  9. 1959

    Nobel Prize in Literature 1959

    The 1959 award linked this prize to Salvatore Quasimodo. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  10. 1959

    Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1959

    The 1959 award linked this prize to Severo Ochoa and Arthur Kornberg. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  11. 1959

    Nobel Prize in Peace 1959

    The 1959 award linked this prize to Philip Noel-Baker. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  12. 1959

    Nobel Prize in Physics 1959

    The 1959 award linked this prize to Emilio Segrè and Owen Chamberlain. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  13. 1960

    Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1960

    The 1960 award linked this prize to Willard F. Libby. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  14. 1960

    Nobel Prize in Literature 1960

    The 1960 award linked this prize to Saint-John Perse. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  15. 1960

    Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1960

    The 1960 award linked this prize to Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet and Peter Medawar. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  16. 1960

    Nobel Prize in Peace 1960

    The 1960 award linked this prize to Albert Lutuli. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  17. 1960

    Nobel Prize in Physics 1960

    The 1960 award linked this prize to Donald A. Glaser. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  18. 1961

    Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1961

    The 1961 award linked this prize to Melvin Calvin. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  19. 1961

    Nobel Prize in Literature 1961

    The 1961 award linked this prize to Ivo Andrić. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  20. 1961

    Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1961

    The 1961 award linked this prize to Georg von Békésy. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  21. 1961

    Nobel Prize in Peace 1961

    The 1961 award linked this prize to Dag Hammarskjöld. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized. The award to Dag Hammarskjöld was posthumous and preceded the rule adopted in 1974.

  22. 1961

    Nobel Prize in Physics 1961

    The 1961 award linked this prize to Robert Hofstadter and Rudolf Mössbauer. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  23. 1962

    Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1962

    The 1962 award linked this prize to Max F. Perutz and John C. Kendrew. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  24. 1962

    Nobel Prize in Literature 1962

    The 1962 award linked this prize to John Steinbeck. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  25. 1962

    Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1962

    The 1962 award linked this prize to Francis Crick, James Watson and Maurice Wilkins. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  26. 1962

    Nobel Prize in Peace 1962

    The 1962 award linked this prize to Linus Pauling. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  27. 1962

    Nobel Prize in Physics 1962

    The 1962 award linked this prize to Lev Landau. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  28. 1963

    Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1963

    The 1963 award linked this prize to Karl Ziegler and Giulio Natta. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  29. 1963

    Nobel Prize in Literature 1963

    The 1963 award linked this prize to Giorgos Seferis. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  30. 1963

    Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1963

    The 1963 award linked this prize to Sir John Eccles, Alan Hodgkin and Andrew Huxley. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.