AFOSR-funded Nobel laureates 1970s (1970-1974): 1970 MEDICINE Ulf von Euler “discoveries concerning the humoral transmitters in the nerve terminals and the mechanism for their storage, release and inactivation” 1972 PHYSICS John Bardeen, John Schrieffer “theory of superconductivity, usually called the BCS-theory” 1973 PHYSIOLOGY/MEDICINE Nikolass Tinbergen “discoveries concerning organization and elicitation of individual and social behavior patterns” 1973 PHYSICS Brian Josephson “theoretical predictions of the properties of a supercurrent through a tunnel barrier, in particular those phenomena that are generally known as the Josephson effects” 1974 CHEMISTRY Paul Flory “fundamental achievements in the physical chemistry of macromolecules” To learn more about AFOSR-funded Nobel Laureates, download the AFOSR Monograph, a select chronicle of AFOSR’s basic research initiatives over the past six decades, at bit.ly/1e5WVTr #BasicResearch #nobelprize2014
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