Nobel Prizes and Laureates 1966
1. Nobel Laureates - Alfred Kastler
Field - Physics
Contribution - Discovery and development of optical methods for studying Hertzian resonances in atoms.
2. Nobel Laureates - Robert S. Mulliken
Field - Chemistry
Contribution - Fundamental work concerning chemical bonds and the electronic structure of molecules by the molecular orbital method.
3. Nobel Laureates - Peyton Rous
Field - Physiology or Medicine
Contribution - Discovery of tumour-inducing viruses
4. Nobel Laureates - Charles Brenton Huggins
Field - Physiology or Medicine
Contribution - Discoveries concerning hormonal treatment of prostatic cancer
5. Nobel Laureates - Shmuel Yosef Agnon
Field - Literature
Contribution - Profoundly characteristic narrative art with motifs from the life of the Jewish people.
6. Nobel Laureates - Nelly Sachs
Field - Literature
Contribution - Outstanding lyrical and dramatic writing, which interprets Israels destiny with touching strength.
- No Nobel Peace Prize was awarded this year.