All Nobel Prizes (1963-1966):
1966
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1966
Alfred Kastler
"for the discovery and development of optical methods for studying Hertzian resonances in atoms"
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1966
Robert S. Mulliken
"for his fundamental work concerning chemical bonds and the electronic structure of molecules by the molecular orbital method"
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1966
Peyton Rous
"for his discovery of tumour-inducing viruses"
Charles Brenton Huggins
"for his discoveries concerning hormonal treatment of prostatic cancer"
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1966
Shmuel Yosef Agnon
"for his profoundly characteristic narrative art with motifs from the life of the Jewish people"
Nelly Sachs
"for her outstanding lyrical and dramatic writing, which interprets Israel's destiny with touching strength"
The Nobel Peace Prize 1966
No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. The prize money was allocated to the Special Fund of this prize section.
1965
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1965
Sin-Itiro Tomonaga,Julian SchwingerandRichard P. Feynman
"for their fundamental work in quantum electrodynamics, with deep-ploughing consequences for the physics of elementary particles"
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1965
Robert Burns Woodward
"for his outstanding achievements in the art of organic synthesis"
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1965
François Jacob,André LwoffandJacques Monod
"for their discoveries concerning genetic control of enzyme and virus synthesis"
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1965
Mikhail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov
"for the artistic power and integrity with which, in his epic of the Don, he has given expression to a historic phase in the life of the Russian people"
The Nobel Peace Prize 1965
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
1964
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1964
Charles Hard Townes,Nicolay Gennadiyevich BasovandAleksandr Mikhailovich Prokhorov
"for fundamental work in the field of quantum electronics, which has led to the construction of oscillators and amplifiers based on the maser-laser principle"
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1964
Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin
"for her determinations by X-ray techniques of the structures of important biochemical substances"
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1964
Konrad BlochandFeodor Lynen
"for their discoveries concerning the mechanism and regulation of the cholesterol and fatty acid metabolism"
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1964
Jean-Paul Sartre
"for his work which, rich in ideas and filled with the spirit of freedom and the quest for truth, has exerted a far-reaching influence on our age"
The Nobel Peace Prize 1964
Martin Luther King Jr.
1963
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1963
Eugene Paul Wigner
"for his contributions to the theory of the atomic nucleus and the elementary particles, particularly through the discovery and application of fundamental symmetry principles"
Maria Goeppert MayerandJ. Hans D. Jensen
"for their discoveries concerning nuclear shell structure"
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1963
Karl ZieglerandGiulio Natta
"for their discoveries in the field of the chemistry and technology of high polymers"
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1963
Sir John Carew Eccles,Alan Lloyd HodgkinandAndrew Fielding Huxley
"for their discoveries concerning the ionic mechanisms involved in excitation and inhibition in the peripheral and central portions of the nerve cell membrane"
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1963
Giorgos Seferis
"for his eminent lyrical writing, inspired by a deep feeling for the Hellenic world of culture"
The Nobel Peace Prize 1963
Comité international de la Croix Rouge (International Committee of the Red Cross)
Ligue des Sociétés de la Croix-Rouge (League of Red Cross Societies)