Saturday, 2 August 2025

1962, Nobel Prizes (Oslo, Norway, 1962)

The Nobel Prize in Physics: Lev Landau (USSR)

For his pioneering theories for condensed matter, especially liquid helium.

Lev Landau

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry: Max F. Perutz (UK) and John C. Kendrew (UK)

For their studies of the structures of globular proteins.

Max F. Perutz and John C. Kendrew

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine:
Francis Crick (UK), James Watson (USA) and Maurice Wilkins (UK)

For their discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic acids and its significance for information transfer in living material.

Francis Crick
James Watson
Maurice Wilkins

The Nobel Prize in Literature: John Steinbeck (USA)

For his realistic and imaginative writing s, combining as they do sympathetic humour and keen social perception.

John Steinbeck

The Nobel Peace Prize: Linus Pauling (USA)

For his fight against the nuclear arms race between East and West.

Linus Pauling

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