1968 Nobel Prize Winners

Chemistry

Lars Onsager

for the discovery of the reciprocal relations bearing his name, which are fundamental for the thermodynamics of irreversible processes

Literature

Yasunari Kawabata

for his narrative mastery, which with great sensibility expresses the essence of the Japanese mind

Peace

René Cassin

for his struggle to ensure the rights of man as stipulated in the UN Declaration

Physics

Luis Walter Alvarez

for his decisive contributions to elementary particle physics, in particular the discovery of a large number of resonance states, made possible through his development of the technique of using hydrogen bubble chamber and data analysis

Physiology or Medicine

Robert W. Holley

for their interpretation of the genetic code and its function in protein synthesis

Har Gobind Khorana

for their interpretation of the genetic code and its function in protein synthesis

Marshall W. Nirenberg

for their interpretation of the genetic code and its function in protein synthesis