1962 Nobel Prize

8

laureates

5

fields

1962

Nobel Prize

Physics

Nobel Prize in Physics

1962 Nobel Prize in Physics

for his pioneering theories for condensed matter, especially liquid helium

Lev Davidovich Landau
Lev Davidovich Landau

Soviet UnionSoviet Union

Chemistry

Nobel Prize in Chemistry

1962 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

for their studies of the structures of globular proteins

Max Ferdinand Perutz
Max Ferdinand Perutz

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

John Cowdery Kendrew
John Cowdery Kendrew

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

Physiology, Medicine

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

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

James Dewey Watson
James Dewey Watson

United States of AmericaUnited States of America

Francis Harry Compton Crick
Francis Harry Compton Crick

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

Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins
Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, New ZealandNew Zealand

Literature

Nobel Prize in Literature

1962 Nobel Prize in Literature

for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humour and keen social perception

John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck

United States of AmericaUnited States of America

Peace

Nobel Peace Prize

1962 Nobel Peace Prize

for his fight against the nuclear arms race between East and West and for leading an international movement demanding a halt to nuclear testing and the pursuit of disarmament

Linus Pauling
Linus Pauling

United States of AmericaUnited States of America