1970 - Chemistry
Luis F. Leloir - Male - 64 years
Birth country: France
Motivation: for his discovery of sugar nucleotides and their role in the biosynthesis of carbohydrates
Affiliation: Institute for Biochemical Research - Argentina
Nobel Prize Winners of 1970
In 1970, 9 laureates received the Nobel Prize in 6 categories: Chemistry, Economic Sciences, Literature, Medicine, Peace, Physics. Each entry lists the motivation, the laureate's age at the award, birth country, and affiliation.
1970 - Economic Sciences
Paul A. Samuelson - Male - 55 years
Birth country: USA
Motivation: for the scientific work through which he has developed static and dynamic economic theory and actively contributed to raising the level of analysis in economic science
Affiliation: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - USA
1970 - Literature
Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn - Male - 51 years
Birth country: Russia
Motivation: for the ethical force with which he has pursued the indispensable traditions of Russian literature
1970 - Medicine
Sir Bernard Katz - Male - 59 years
Birth country: Germany
Motivation: for their discoveries concerning the humoral transmitters in the nerve terminals and the mechanism for their storage, release and inactivation
Affiliation: University College - United Kingdom
Ulf von Euler - Male - 65 years
Birth country: Sweden
Motivation: for their discoveries concerning the humoral transmitters in the nerve terminals and the mechanism for their storage, release and inactivation
Affiliation: Karolinska Institutet - Sweden
Julius Axelrod - Male - 58 years
Birth country: USA
Motivation: for their discoveries concerning the humoral transmitters in the nerve terminals and the mechanism for their storage, release and inactivation
Affiliation: National Institutes of Health - USA
1970 - Peace
Norman Ernest Borlaug - Male - 56 years
Birth country: USA
Motivation: for having given a well-founded hope - the green revolution
1970 - Physics
Hannes Olof Gösta Alfvén - Male - 62 years
Birth country: Sweden
Motivation: for fundamental work and discoveries in magnetohydro-dynamics with fruitful applications in different parts of plasma physics
Affiliation: Royal Institute of Technology - Sweden
Louis Eugène Félix Néel - Male - 65 years
Birth country: France
Motivation: for fundamental work and discoveries concerning antiferromagnetism and ferrimagnetism which have led to important applications in solid state physics
Affiliation: University of Grenoble - France
