All Nobel Prizes (1972-1975):
1975
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1975
Aage Niels Bohr,Ben Roy MottelsonandLeo James Rainwater
"for the discovery of the connection between collective motion and particle motion in atomic nuclei and the development of the theory of the structure of the atomic nucleus based on this connection"
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1975
John Warcup Cornforth
"for his work on the stereochemistry of enzyme-catalyzed reactions"
Vladimir Prelog
"for his research into the stereochemistry of organic molecules and reactions"
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1975
David Baltimore,Renato DulbeccoandHoward Martin Temin
"for their discoveries concerning the interaction between tumour viruses and the genetic material of the cell"
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1975
Eugenio Montale
"for his distinctive poetry which, with great artistic sensitivity, has interpreted human values under the sign of an outlook on life with no illusions"
The Nobel Peace Prize 1975
Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov
The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1975
Leonid Vitaliyevich KantorovichandTjalling C. Koopmans
"for their contributions to the theory of optimum allocation of resources"
1974
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1974
Sir Martin RyleandAntony Hewish
"for their pioneering research in radio astrophysics: Ryle for his observations and inventions, in particular of the aperture synthesis technique, and Hewish for his decisive role in the discovery of pulsars"
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1974
Paul J. Flory
"for his fundamental achievements, both theoretical and experimental, in the physical chemistry of the macromolecules"
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1974
Albert Claude,Christian de DuveandGeorge E. Palade
"for their discoveries concerning the structural and functional organization of the cell"
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1974
Eyvind Johnson
"for a narrative art, far-seeing in lands and ages, in the service of freedom"
Harry Martinson
"for writings that catch the dewdrop and reflect the cosmos"
The Nobel Peace Prize 1974
Seán MacBride
Eisaku Sato
The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1974
Gunnar MyrdalandFriedrich August von Hayek
"for their pioneering work in the theory of money and economic fluctuations and for their penetrating analysis of the interdependence of economic, social and institutional phenomena"
1973
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1973
Leo EsakiandIvar Giaever
"for their experimental discoveries regarding tunneling phenomena in semiconductors and superconductors, respectively"
Brian David Josephson
"for his theoretical predictions of the properties of a supercurrent through a tunnel barrier, in particular those phenomena which are generally known as the Josephson effects"
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1973
Ernst Otto FischerandGeoffrey Wilkinson
"for their pioneering work, performed independently, on the chemistry of the organometallic, so called sandwich compounds"
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1973
Karl von Frisch,Konrad LorenzandNikolaas Tinbergen
"for their discoveries concerning organization and elicitation of individual and social behaviour patterns"
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1973
Patrick White
"for an epic and psychological narrative art which has introduced a new continent into literature"
The Nobel Peace Prize 1973
Henry A. Kissinger
Le Duc Tho
The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1973
Wassily Leontief
"for the development of the input-output method and for its application to important economic problems"
1972
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1972
John Bardeen,Leon Neil CooperandJohn Robert Schrieffer
"for their jointly developed theory of superconductivity, usually called the BCS-theory"
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1972
Christian B. Anfinsen
"for his work on ribonuclease, especially concerning the connection between the amino acid sequence and the biologically active conformation"
Stanford MooreandWilliam H. Stein
"for their contribution to the understanding of the connection between chemical structure and catalytic activity of the active centre of the ribonuclease molecule"
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1972
Gerald M. EdelmanandRodney R. Porter
"for their discoveries concerning the chemical structure of antibodies"
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1972
Heinrich Böll
"for his writing which through its combination of a broad perspective on his time and a sensitive skill in characterization has contributed to a renewal of German literature"
The Nobel Peace Prize 1972
No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. The prize money for 1972 was allocated to the Main Fund.
The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1972
John R. HicksandKenneth J. Arrow
"for their pioneering contributions to general economic equilibrium theory and welfare theory"