Physics
Chen-ning Yang
“for their penetrating investigation of the so-called parity laws which has led to important discoveries regarding the elementary particles”
Tsung-Dao Lee
“for their penetrating investigation of the so-called parity laws which has led to important discoveries regarding the elementary particles”
Chemistry
Lord Todd
“for his work on nucleotides and nucleotide co-enzymes”
Physiology or Medicine
Daniel Bovet
“for his discoveries relating to synthetic compounds that inhibit the action of certain body substances, and especially their action on the vascular system and the skeletal muscles”
Literature
Albert Camus
“for his important literary production, which with clear-sighted earnestness illuminates the problems of the human conscience in our times”
Peace
Lester B. Pearson
“for his crucial contribution to the deployment of a United Nations Emergency Force in the wake of the Suez Crisis”