Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureates of the 1960s
The top 3 according to 32 votes from people: John Cowdery Kendrew · Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin · Robert S. Mulliken. (Updated Sep 30, 2018.)
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?
Top 15
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John Cowdery Kendrew
1962. For their studies of the structures of globular proteins.
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Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin
1964. For her determinations by X-ray techniques of the structures of important biochemical substances.
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Robert S. Mulliken
1966. For his fundamental work concerning chemical bonds and the electronic structure of molecules by the molecular orbital method.
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George Porter
1967. For their studies of extremely fast chemical reactions, effected by disturbing the equilibrium by means of very short pulses of energy.
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Melvin Calvin
1961. For his research on the carbon dioxide assimilation in plants.
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Max Ferdinand Perutz
1962. For their studies of the structures of globular proteins.
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Karl Ziegler
1963. For their discoveries in the field of the chemistry and technology of high polymers.
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Giulio Natta
1963. For their discoveries in the field of the chemistry and technology of high polymers.
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Manfred Eigen
1967. For their studies of extremely fast chemical reactions, effected by disturbing the equilibrium by means of very short pulses of energy.
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Willard Frank Libby
1960. For his method to use carbon-14 for age determination in archaeology, geology, geophysics, and other branches of science.
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Ronald George Wreyford Norrish
1967. For their studies of extremely fast chemical reactions, effected by disturbing the equilibrium by means of very short pulses of energy.
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Lars Onsager
1968. For the discovery of the reciprocal relations bearing his name, which are fundamental for the thermodynamics of irreversible processes.
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Robert Burns Woodward
1965. For his outstanding achievements in the art of organic synthesis.
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Derek H. R. Barton
1969. For their contributions to the development of the concept of conformation and its application in chemistry.
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Odd Hassel
1969. For their contributions to the development of the concept of conformation and its application in chemistry.
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Comments (2)
Libby and radiocarbon dating changed archaeology forever.
Dorothy Hodgkin, insulin, penicillin and B12 structures. Legend.