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▪ TableNobel Prize winners by name (P through R)name year category country* achievement literary areaPalade, George E. 1974 physiology/ medicine U.S. research on structural and functional organization of cellsPedersen, Charles J. 1987 chemistry U.S. development of molecules that can link with other moleculesPenzias, Arno 1978 physics U.S. discovery of cosmic microwave background radiation, providing support for the big-bang theoryPolanyi, John C. 1986 chemistry Canada development of methods for analyzing basic chemical reactionsPolitzer, H. David 2004 physics U.S. discovery of asymptotic freedom in the theory of the strong interactionPople, John A. (Pople, Sir John A.) 1998 chemistry U.K. development of computational methods in quantum chemistryPorter, Sir George (Porter, Sir George, Baron Porter of Luddenham) 1967 chemistry U.K. studies of extremely fast chemical reactionsPorter, Rodney Robert 1972 physiology/ medicine U.K. research on the chemical structure of antibodiesPowell, Cecil Frank 1950 physics U.K. photographic method of studying nuclear processes; discoveries concerning mesonsProkhorov, Aleksandr Mikhaylovich 1964 physics U.S.S.R. work in quantum electronics leading to construction of instruments based on maser-laser principlesPrusiner, Stanley B. 1997 physiology/ medicine U.S. discovery of the prion, a type of disease-causing proteinRabi, Isidor Isaac 1944 physics U.S. resonance method for registration of various properties of atomic nucleiRaman, Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata 1930 physics India work on light diffusion; discovery of the Raman effectRamsay, Sir William 1904 chemistry U.K. discovery of inert gas elements and their places in the periodic systemRayleigh (of Terling Place), John William Strutt, 3rd Baron (Rayleigh, John William Strutt, 3rd Baron) 1904 physics U.K. discovery of argonReichstein, Tadeus 1950 physiology/ medicine Switzerland research on adrenal cortex hormones, their structure and biological effectsRichards, Dickinson Woodruff 1956 physiology/ medicine U.S. discoveries concerning heart catheterization and circulatory changesRichards, Theodore William 1914 chemistry U.S. accurate determination of the atomic weights of numerous elementsRobbins, Frederick Chapman 1954 physiology/ medicine U.S. cultivation of the poliomyelitis virus in tissue culturesRoberts, Richard J. 1993 physiology/ medicine U.K. discovery of "split," or interrupted, genetic structureRubbia, Carlo 1984 physics Italy discovery of subatomic particles W and Z, which supports the electroweak theoryRutherford, Ernest (Rutherford, Ernest, Baron Rutherford of Nelson, of Cambridge) 1908 chemistry U.K. investigations into the disintegration of elements and the chemistry of radioactive substancesRuzicka, Leopold (Ružička, Leopold) 1939 chemistry Switzerland work on polymethylenes and higher terpenes*Nationality given is the citizenship of recipient at the time award was made. Prizes may be withheld or not awarded in years when no worthy recipient can be found or when the world situation (e.g., World Wars I and II) prevents the gathering of information needed to reach a decision.TopBack to Nobel Prize winners directorySee as table:
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