All Nobel Prizes (1957-1962): 1962 The Nobel Prize in Physics 1962 Lev Davidovich Landau "for his pioneering theories for condensed matter, especially liquid helium" The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1962 Max Ferdinand PerutzandJohn Cowdery Kendrew "for their studies of the structures of globular proteins" The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1962 Francis Harry Compton Crick,James Dewey WatsonandMaurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins "for their discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic acids and its significance for information transfer in living material" The Nobel Prize in Literature 1962 John Steinbeck "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humour and keen social perception" The Nobel Peace Prize 1962 Linus Carl Pauling 1961 The Nobel Prize in Physics 1961 Robert Hofstadter "for his pioneering studies of electron scattering in atomic nuclei and for his thereby achieved discoveries concerning the structure of the nucleons" Rudolf Ludwig Mössbauer "for his researches concerning the resonance absorption of gamma radiation and his discovery in this connection of the effect which bears his name" The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1961 Melvin Calvin "for his research on the carbon dioxide assimilation in plants" The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1961 Georg von Békésy "for his discoveries of the physical mechanism of stimulation within the cochlea" The Nobel Prize in Literature 1961 Ivo Andric "for the epic force with which he has traced themes and depicted human destinies drawn from the history of his country" The Nobel Peace Prize 1961 Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld 1960 The Nobel Prize in Physics 1960 Donald Arthur Glaser "for the invention of the bubble chamber" The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1960 Willard Frank Libby "for his method to use carbon-14 for age determination in archaeology, geology, geophysics, and other branches of science" The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1960 Sir Frank Macfarlane BurnetandPeter Brian Medawar "for discovery of acquired immunological tolerance" The Nobel Prize in Literature 1960 Saint-John Perse "for the soaring flight and the evocative imagery of his poetry which in a visionary fashion reflects the conditions of our time" The Nobel Peace Prize 1960 Albert John Lutuli 1959 The Nobel Prize in Physics 1959 Emilio Gino SegrèandOwen Chamberlain "for their discovery of the antiproton" The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1959 Jaroslav Heyrovsky "for his discovery and development of the polarographic methods of analysis" The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1959 Severo OchoaandArthur Kornberg "for their discovery of the mechanisms in the biological synthesis of ribonucleic acid and deoxyribonucleic acid" The Nobel Prize in Literature 1959 Salvatore Quasimodo "for his lyrical poetry, which with classical fire expresses the tragic experience of life in our own times" The Nobel Peace Prize 1959 Philip J. Noel-Baker 1958 The Nobel Prize in Physics 1958 Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov,Il´ja Mikhailovich FrankandIgor Yevgenyevich Tamm "for the discovery and the interpretation of the Cherenkov effect" The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1958 Frederick Sanger "for his work on the structure of proteins, especially that of insulin" The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1958 George Wells BeadleandEdward Lawrie Tatum "for their discovery that genes act by regulating definite chemical events" Joshua Lederberg "for his discoveries concerning genetic recombination and the organization of the genetic material of bacteria" The Nobel Prize in Literature 1958 Boris Leonidovich Pasternak "for his important achievement both in contemporary lyrical poetry and in the field of the great Russian epic tradition" The Nobel Peace Prize 1958 Georges Pire 1957 The Nobel Prize in Physics 1957 Chen Ning YangandTsung-Dao (T.D.) Lee "for their penetrating investigation of the so-called parity laws which has led to important discoveries regarding the elementary particles" The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1957 Lord (Alexander R.) Todd "for his work on nucleotides and nucleotide co-enzymes" The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1957 Daniel Bovet "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" The Nobel Prize in Literature 1957 Albert Camus "for his important literary production, which with clear-sighted earnestness illuminates the problems of the human conscience in our times" The Nobel Peace Prize 1957 Lester Bowles Pearson