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1938

Nobel Prize Winners

4 laureates honored across 4 categories in the 38th Nobel Prize ceremony.

Total Laureates
4
Categories
04
Countries
03
Ceremony
38th Ceremony
Stockholm & Oslo

Physics

1 Laureate

Enrico Fermi

United States

for his demonstrations of the existence of new radioactive elements produced by neutron irradiation, and for his related discovery of nuclear reactions brought about by slow neutrons

Chemistry

1 Laureate

Richard Kuhn

Germany

for his work on carotenoids and vitamins

Physiology or Medicine

Corneille Heymans

Belgium

for the discovery of the role played by the sinus and aortic mechanisms in the regulation of respiration

Literature

1 Laureate

Pearl Buck

United States

for her rich and truly epic descriptions of peasant life in China and for her biographical masterpieces

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