Premio Nobel 1949: Ganadores

Destinatarios

1. Química

   William Francis Giauque

   Química

   for his contributions in the field of chemical thermodynamics, particularly concerning the behaviour of substances at extremely low temperatures

2. Medicina

   Walter Rudolf Hess

   Biología

   for his discovery of the functional organization of the interbrain as a coordinator of the activities of the internal organs

3. Medicina

   Antonio Caetano de Abreu Freire Egas Moniz

   Biología

   for his discovery of the therapeutic value of leucotomy in certain psychoses

4. Física

   Hideki Yukawa

   Física

   for his prediction of the existence of mesons on the basis of theoretical work on nuclear forces