# Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureates of the 1960s

Every Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate between 1960 and 1969, with the year and the Nobel Foundation's official citation. Which discovery do you think mattered most?

- 32 votes · 15 items
- Sep 30, 2018 · Temitope Adeleke
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## Top 15

1. **John Cowdery Kendrew** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — 1962. For their studies of the structures of globular proteins.
2. **Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — 1964. For her determinations by X-ray techniques of the structures of important biochemical substances.
3. **Robert S. Mulliken** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — 1966. For his fundamental work concerning chemical bonds and the electronic structure of molecules by the molecular orbital method.
4. **George Porter** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — 1967. For their studies of extremely fast chemical reactions, effected by disturbing the equilibrium by means of very short pulses of energy.
5. **Melvin Calvin** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 1961. For his research on the carbon dioxide assimilation in plants.
6. **Max Ferdinand Perutz** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 1962. For their studies of the structures of globular proteins.
7. **Karl Ziegler** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 1963. For their discoveries in the field of the chemistry and technology of high polymers.
8. **Giulio Natta** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 1963. For their discoveries in the field of the chemistry and technology of high polymers.
9. **Manfred Eigen** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 1967. For their studies of extremely fast chemical reactions, effected by disturbing the equilibrium by means of very short pulses of energy.
10. **Willard Frank Libby** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — 1960. For his method to use carbon-14 for age determination in archaeology, geology, geophysics, and other branches of science.
11. **Ronald George Wreyford Norrish** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1967. For their studies of extremely fast chemical reactions, effected by disturbing the equilibrium by means of very short pulses of energy.
12. **Lars Onsager** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — 1968. For the discovery of the reciprocal relations bearing his name, which are fundamental for the thermodynamics of irreversible processes.
13. **Robert Burns Woodward** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1965. For his outstanding achievements in the art of organic synthesis.
14. **Derek H. R. Barton** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1969. For their contributions to the development of the concept of conformation and its application in chemistry.
15. **Odd Hassel** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — 1969. For their contributions to the development of the concept of conformation and its application in chemistry.

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