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Physics:
Robert Hofstadter
"for his pioneering studies of electron scattering in atomic nuclei and for his thereby achieved discoveries concerning the structure of the nucleons"
Rudolf Ludwig Mössbauer
"for his researches concerning the resonance absorption of gamma radiation and his discovery in this connection of the effect which bears his name"
Chemistry:
Melvin Calvin
"for his research on the carbon dioxide assimilation in plants"
Physiology or Medicine:
Georg von Békésy
"for his discoveries of the physical mechanism of stimulation within the cochlea"
Literature:
Ivo Andric
"for the epic force with which he has traced themes and depicted human destinies drawn from the history of his country"
Peace:
Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld
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