| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physics | |
| Year: | 1961 |
| Number: | 51 - 0 |
| Nominee 1: |
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| Name: | Sir Geoffrey Ingram Taylor |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1886 |
| Year, Death: | 1975 |
| Profession: | Professor |
| University: | Royal Society |
| City: | Cambridge |
| State: | MA |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Nominee 2: |
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| Name: | Egon Orowan |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1902 |
| Year, Death: | 1989 |
| Profession: | Professor |
| City: | Cambridge |
| State: | MA |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Nominee 3: |
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| Name: | Michael Polanyi |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1891 |
| Year, Death: | 1976 |
| Profession: | Professor |
| City: | Manchester |
| Country: | UNITED KINGDOM (GB) |
| Nominator: |
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| Name: | F G Fumi |
| City: | Pavia |
| Country: | ITALY (IT) |