Nobel Peace Prize |
Nobel Prize in LiteratureYasunari Kawabata(for his narrative mastery, which with great sensibility expresses the essence of the Japanese mind) |
Nobel Prize in PhysicsLuis Walter Alvarez(for his decisive contributions to elementary particle physics, in particular the discovery of a large number of resonance states, made possible through his development of the technique of using hydrogen bubble chamber and data analysis) |
Nobel Prize in Physiology or MedicineRobert W. Holley, Har Gobind Khorana, Marshall Warren Nirenberg(for their interpretation of the genetic code and its function in protein synthesis) |
Nobel Prize in ChemistryLars Onsager(for the discovery of the reciprocal relations bearing his name, which are fundamental for the thermodynamics of irreversible processes) |