By the Numbers: Nobel Prizes

Twenty scientists with ties to Los Alamos have won Nobel Prizes.

July 6, 2020

Established by Alfred Nobel in 1895, the Nobel Prize is the most prestigious award offered in the fields of chemistry, peace, physics, literature, physiology or medicine, and economics. Nobel Prizes have been bestowed upon more than 900 individuals. More than a dozen of these Nobel Laureates contributed to research at Los Alamos during some point of their careers.

Nobel Prizes