1959 Nobel Prize

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laureates

5

fields

1959

Nobel Prize

Physics

Nobel Prize in Physics

1959 Nobel Prize in Physics

for the discovery of the antiproton (Phys. Rev. 100 (1955) 947-950)

Emilio Gino Segrè
Emilio Gino Segrè

United States of AmericaUnited States of America

Owen Chamberlain
Owen Chamberlain

United States of AmericaUnited States of America

Chemistry

Nobel Prize in Chemistry

1959 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

for his discovery and development of the polarographic methods of analysis

Jaroslav Heyrovský
Jaroslav Heyrovský

CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia

Physiology, Medicine

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

1959 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

for their discovery of the mechanisms in the biological synthesis of ribonucleic acid and deoxyribonucleic acid

Severo Ochoa de Albornoz
Severo Ochoa de Albornoz

United States of AmericaUnited States of America

Arthur Kornberg
Arthur Kornberg

United States of AmericaUnited States of America

Literature

Nobel Prize in Literature

1959 Nobel Prize in Literature

for his lyrical poetry, which with classical fire expresses the tragic experience of life in our own times

Salvatore Quasimodo
Salvatore Quasimodo

ItalyItaly

Peace

Nobel Peace Prize

1959 Nobel Peace Prize

for his longstanding contribution to the cause of disarmament and peace

Philip Noel-Baker
Philip Noel-Baker

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