Nobel Prize Winners of 1944: Full List of Laureates and Their Achievements

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Nobel Prize Winners 1944: Discover the Laureates of 1944


Physiology or Medicine

Herbert Spencer Gasser for their discoveries relating to the highly differentiated functions of single nerve fibres.

Joseph Erlanger for their discoveries relating to the highly differentiated functions of single nerve fibres.

Physics

Isidor Isaac Rabi for his resonance method for recording the magnetic properties of atomic nuclei.

Literature

Johannes Vilhelm Jensen for the rare strength and fertility of his poetic imagination with which is combined an intellectual curiosity of wide scope and a bold, freshly creative style.

Chemistry

Otto Hahn for his discovery of the fission of heavy nuclei.

Peace

Economic Sciences

Memorable Moments and Contributions

Peace - The 1944 Nobel Peace Prize was not awarded.

Physics - The 1944 Nobel Prize in Physics was not awarded.

Chemistry - The 1944 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was not awarded.

Literature - The 1944 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Johannes Vilhelm Jensen "for the rare strength and fertility of his poetic imagination with which is combined an intellectual curiosity of wide scope and a bold, freshly creative style".

Physiology or Medicine - The 1944 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Joseph Erlanger and Herbert Spencer Gasser "for their discoveries relating to the highly differentiated functions of single nerve fibers".

FAQ Section

Who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1944?

Johannes Vilhelm Jensen won the Nobel Prize in Literature Nobel Prize laureate for the rare strength and fertility of his poetic imagination with which is combined an intellectual curiosity of wide scope and a bold, freshly creative style.

What scientific breakthroughs were recognized by the Nobel Prizes in 1944?

Isidor Isaac Rabi won the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize laureate for his resonance method for recording the magnetic properties of atomic nuclei. Otto Hahn won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry CHE - German chemist and academic, nobel prize laureate (b. 1879).