1976 Nobel Prize

9

laureates

6

fields

1976

Nobel Prize

Physics

Nobel Prize in Physics

1976 Nobel Prize in Physics

for their pioneering work leading to the discovery of a new, heavy elementary particle, the J/ψ meson (Phys. Rev. Lett. 33 (1974) 1404-1406, 1406-1408, 1408-1410 and related papers; early hint in Phys. Rev. Lett. 25 (1970) 1523-1526).

Burton Richter
Burton Richter

United States of AmericaUnited States of America

Samuel Chao Chung Ting
Samuel Chao Chung Ting

United States of AmericaUnited States of America

Chemistry

Nobel Prize in Chemistry

1976 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

for his studies on the structure of boranes illuminating problems of chemical bonding

William Nunn Lipscomb, Jr.
William Nunn Lipscomb, Jr.

United States of AmericaUnited States of America

Physiology, Medicine

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

1976 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

for their discoveries concerning new mechanisms for the origin and dissemination of infectious diseases

Baruch Samuel Blumberg
Baruch Samuel Blumberg

United States of AmericaUnited States of America

Daniel Carleton Gajdusek
Daniel Carleton Gajdusek

United States of AmericaUnited States of America

Literature

Nobel Prize in Literature

1976 Nobel Prize in Literature

for the human understanding and subtle analysis of contemporary culture that are combined in his work

Saul Bellow
Saul Bellow

United States of AmericaUnited States of America

Peace

Nobel Peace Prize

1976 Nobel Peace Prize

for the courageous efforts in founding a movement to put an end to the violent conflict in Northern Ireland

Betty Williams
Betty Williams

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

Mairead Corrigan
Mairead Corrigan

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

Economic Sciences

Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences

1976 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences

for his achievements in the fields of consumption analysis, monetary history and theory and for his demonstration of the complexity of stabilization policy

Milton Friedman
Milton Friedman

United States of AmericaUnited States of America