1939 Nobel Prize
5
laureates
4
fields
1939
Nobel Prize
Nobel Prize in Physics
for the invention and development of the cyclotron and for the results obtained with it, especially with regard to artificial radioactive elements
United States of America
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
for his work on sex hormones
Greater German Reich
for his work on polymethylenes and higher terpenes
Switzerland
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
for the discovery of the antibacterial effects of prontosil
Greater German Reich
Nobel Prize in Literature
for his deep understanding of his country's peasantry and the exquisite art with which he has portrayed their way of life and their relationship with Nature
Finland