1957 Nobel Prize

6

laureates

5

fields

1957

Nobel Prize

Physics

Nobel Prize in Physics

1957 Nobel Prize in Physics

for their penetrating investigation of the so-called parity laws, which led to important discoveries regarding elementary particles (Phys. Rev. 104 (1956) 254-258; Phys. Rev. 106 (1957) 340-345; Phys. Rev. 105 (1957) 1413-1417)

Chen Ning Yang
Chen Ning Yang

United States of AmericaUnited States of America

Tsung-Dao Lee
Tsung-Dao Lee

United States of AmericaUnited States of America

Chemistry

Nobel Prize in Chemistry

1957 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

for his work on nucleotides and nucleotide co-enzymes

VLord (Alexander Robertus) Todd
VLord (Alexander Robertus) Todd

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Physiology, Medicine

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

1957 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

for his discoveries relating to synthetic compounds that inhibit the action of certain body substances, and especially their action on the vascular system and the skeletal muscles

Daniel Bovet
Daniel Bovet

ItalyItaly

Literature

Nobel Prize in Literature

1957 Nobel Prize in Literature

for his important literary production, which with clear-sighted earnestness illuminates the problems of the human conscience in our times

Albert Camus
Albert Camus

FranceFrance

Peace

Nobel Peace Prize

1957 Nobel Peace Prize

for his crucial contribution to the deployment of a United Nations Emergency Force in the wake of the Suez Crisis

Lester B. Pearson
Lester B. Pearson

CanadaCanada