American Decades
Awards
NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS
During the 1960s there were fifty-six recipients of Nobel Prizes in the sciences, and half of them were Americans. The Nobel Prize is widely considered to be the highest honor bestowed uopn scientists and signifies worldwide recognition of their work.
1960: Physics, Donald Glaser, Chemistry, Willard F. Libby
1961: Physics, Robert Hofstadter; Chemistry, Melvin Calvin; Medicine and/or Physiology, Georg von Bekesy
1962: Physiology and/or Medicine, James D. Watson
1963: Physics, Eugene P. Wigner and Maria Goeppert-Mayer
1964: Physiology and/or Medicine, Konrad E. Bloch; Physics, Charles H. Townes
1965: Physics, Richard P. Feynman and Julian S. Schwinger; Chemistry, Robert B. Woodward
1966: Physiology and/or Medicine, Francis Peyton Rous and Charles B. Huggins;...
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1960's Science and Technology
- Overview
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Topics in the News
- Archaeology/Anthropology: Obsidian Dating
- Archaeology/Anthropology: Aegyptopithecus
- Archaeology/Anthropology: Ancient Remains
- Astronomy: Radio, X-ray, and Infrared
- Astronomy: Pulsars, Quasars, Cosmic Masers
- Astronomy: Project Ozma—Will They Hear Us?
- Astronomy: The Sound of the Big Bang
- Biology: Molecular Revolution
- Biology: The First Gene
- Biology: Dolphin Communication
- Biology: Primordial Soup
- Chemistry: Not So Noble Anymore
- Chemistry: Lawrencium
- Computer Science: Basic Knowledge
- Computer Science: When the Chips are Down
- Earth Sciences: Geothermal Power
- Earth Science: Plowshares, or Getting the Gas Out
- Earth Sciences: The Greenhouse Effect
- Oceanography: Seafloor Spreading
- Oceanography: Trieste
- Oceanography: Sealab and Friends
- Physics: Proving Einstein Right
- Physics: What Does It Antimatter?
- Physics: Irradiate for Safety
- Physics: Laser
- The Space Program: Project Mercury
- The Space Program: Project Gemini
- The Space Program:Project Apollo
- The Space Program: Unmanned Space Exploration
- Warfare and Science: Nuclear Navy
- Headline Makers
- People in the News
- Awards
- Deaths
- Publications
- Important Events in Science and Technology, 1960–1969
