Nobel Peace PrizeJoseph Rotblat, Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs(for their efforts to diminish the part played by nuclear arms in international politics and, in the longer run, to eliminate such arms) |
Nobel Prize in LiteratureSeamus Heaney(for works of lyrical beauty and ethical depth, which exalt everyday miracles and the living past) |
Nobel Prize in PhysicsMartin Lewis Perl(for the discovery of the tau lepton) |
Nobel Prize in PhysicsFrederick Reines(for the detection of the neutrino) |
Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic SciencesRobert Lucas, Jr.(for having developed and applied the hypothesis of rational expectations, and thereby having transformed macroeconomic analysis and deepened our understanding of economic policy) |
Nobel Prize in Physiology or MedicineEric F. Wieschaus, Edward B. Lewis, Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard(for their discoveries concerning the genetic control of early embryonic development) |
Nobel Prize in ChemistryPaul J. Crutzen, Mario J. Molina, Frank Sherwood Rowland(for their work in atmospheric chemistry, particularly concerning the formation and decomposition of ozone) |