Nobel Prizes and Laureates 1962
1. Nobel Laureates - Lev Davidovich Landau
Field - Physics
Contribution - Pioneering theories for condensed matter, especially liquid helium.
2. Nobel Laureates - Max Ferdinand Perutz and John Cowdery Kendrew
Field - Chemistry
Contribution - Studies of the structures of globular proteins
3. Nobel Laureates - Francis Harry Compton Crick, James Dewey Watson and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins
Field - Physiology or Medicine
Contribution - Discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic acids and its significance for information transfer in living material.
4. Nobel Laureates - John Steinbeck
Field - Literature
Contribution - Realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humour and keen social perception.
5. Nobel Laureates - Linus Carl Pauling
Field - Peace