All Nobel Prizes (1976-1979): 1979 The Nobel Prize in Physics 1979 Sheldon Lee Glashow,Abdus SalamandSteven Weinberg "for their contributions to the theory of the unified weak and electromagnetic interaction between elementary particles, including, inter alia, the prediction of the weak neutral current" The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1979 Herbert C. BrownandGeorg Wittig "for their development of the use of boron- and phosphorus-containing compounds, respectively, into important reagents in organic synthesis" The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1979 Allan M. CormackandGodfrey N. Hounsfield "for the development of computer assisted tomography" The Nobel Prize in Literature 1979 Odysseus Elytis "for his poetry, which, against the background of Greek tradition, depicts with sensuous strength and intellectual clear-sightedness modern man's struggle for freedom and creativeness" The Nobel Peace Prize 1979 Mother Teresa The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1979 Theodore W. SchultzandSir Arthur Lewis "for their pioneering research into economic development research with particular consideration of the problems of developing countries" 1978 The Nobel Prize in Physics 1978 Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa "for his basic inventions and discoveries in the area of low-temperature physics" Arno Allan PenziasandRobert Woodrow Wilson "for their discovery of cosmic microwave background radiation" The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1978 Peter D. Mitchell "for his contribution to the understanding of biological energy transfer through the formulation of the chemiosmotic theory" The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1978 Werner Arber,Daniel NathansandHamilton O. Smith "for the discovery of restriction enzymes and their application to problems of molecular genetics" The Nobel Prize in Literature 1978 Isaac Bashevis Singer "for his impassioned narrative art which, with roots in a Polish-Jewish cultural tradition, brings universal human conditions to life" The Nobel Peace Prize 1978 Mohamed Anwar al-Sadat Menachem Begin The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1978 Herbert A. Simon "for his pioneering research into the decision-making process within economic organizations" 1977 The Nobel Prize in Physics 1977 Philip Warren Anderson,Sir Nevill Francis MottandJohn Hasbrouck van Vleck "for their fundamental theoretical investigations of the electronic structure of magnetic and disordered systems" The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1977 Ilya Prigogine "for his contributions to non-equilibrium thermodynamics, particularly the theory of dissipative structures" The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1977 Roger GuilleminandAndrew V. Schally "for their discoveries concerning the peptide hormone production of the brain" Rosalyn Yalow "for the development of radioimmunoassays of peptide hormones" The Nobel Prize in Literature 1977 Vicente Aleixandre "for a creative poetic writing which illuminates man's condition in the cosmos and in present-day society, at the same time representing the great renewal of the traditions of Spanish poetry between the wars" The Nobel Peace Prize 1977 Amnesty International The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1977 Bertil OhlinandJames E. Meade "for their pathbreaking contribution to the theory of international trade and international capital movements" 1976 The Nobel Prize in Physics 1976 Burton RichterandSamuel Chao Chung Ting "for their pioneering work in the discovery of a heavy elementary particle of a new kind" The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1976 William N. Lipscomb "for his studies on the structure of boranes illuminating problems of chemical bonding" The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1976 Baruch S. BlumbergandD. Carleton Gajdusek "for their discoveries concerning new mechanisms for the origin and dissemination of infectious diseases" The Nobel Prize in Literature 1976 Saul Bellow "for the human understanding and subtle analysis of contemporary culture that are combined in his work" The Nobel Peace Prize 1976 Betty Williams Mairead Corrigan The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1976 Milton Friedman "for his achievements in the fields of consumption analysis, monetary history and theory and for his demonstration of the complexity of stabilization policy"