Italian NOBEL Prize winners

Photo Album: Science

CAMILLO GOLGI1906

1843 -1926

Field: neuroanatomy, neurophysiology

Prize motivation:

"in recognition of his work

on the structure of the nervous

system"

GUGLIELMO MARCONI1909

1874 -1937

Field: applied

electromagnetism, electromagnetism

Prize motivation: "in recognition of his contributions to the

development of wireless telegraphy"

ENRICO FERMI 1938

Prize motivation: "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"

Field: nuclear physics

1901 -1954

DANIEL BOVET1957

1907 -1992

Prize motivation:

"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"

Field: pharmacology

EMILIO SEGRE’ 1959 Prize

motivation: "for his discovery of the antiproton“

Field: particle physics

1905 -1989

GIULIO NATTA1963

Prize motivation: "for their

discoveries in the field of

the chemistry and

technology of high

polymers“

Field: industrial chemistry, polymer

chemistry

19 03 - 1979

SALVADOR E. LURIA 1969

Prize motivation: "for his discoveries concerning the replication mechanism and the genetic structure of viruses“

Field: genetics, virology

1912- 1991

RENATO DULBECCO

1975

Prize motivation: "for his discoveries

concerning the interaction between tumour viruses and the genetic material

of the cell“

Field: genetics, medical oncology, virology

1914-2012

CARLO RUBBIA 1984

Prize motivation: “for his decisive

contributions to the large project, which

led to the discovery of the field particles W

and Z, communicators of weak interaction“

Field: experimental particle

physics

1934 - Living

RITA LEVI-MONTALCINI 1986

1909 - 2012

Prize motivation: "for her discoveries of growth factors“

Field:biochemistry,

cell physiology

RICCARDO GIACCONI2002

1931 - living

Prize motivation:

"for pioneering contributio

ns to astrophysic

s, which have led to

the discovery of cosmic X-

ray sources“

Field: astrophysics

MARIO R. CAPECCHI2007

1937 – living

Field: genetics

Prize motivation:

"for his discoveries

of principles for

introducing specific gene modifications in mice by the use of embryonic stem cells"