All Nobel Prizes (1984-1987): 1987 The Nobel Prize in Physics 1987 J. Georg BednorzandK. Alexander Müller "for their important break-through in the discovery of superconductivity in ceramic materials" The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1987 Donald J. Cram,Jean-Marie LehnandCharles J. Pedersen "for their development and use of molecules with structure-specific interactions of high selectivity" The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1987 Susumu Tonegawa "for his discovery of the genetic principle for generation of antibody diversity" The Nobel Prize in Literature 1987 Joseph Brodsky "for an all-embracing authorship, imbued with clarity of thought and poetic intensity" The Nobel Peace Prize 1987 Oscar Arias Sánchez "for his work for peace in Central America, efforts which led to the accord signed in Guatemala on August 7 this year" The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1987 Robert M. Solow "for his contributions to the theory of economic growth" 1986 The Nobel Prize in Physics 1986 Ernst Ruska "for his fundamental work in electron optics, and for the design of the first electron microscope" Gerd BinnigandHeinrich Rohrer "for their design of the scanning tunneling microscope" The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1986 Dudley R. Herschbach,Yuan T. LeeandJohn C. Polanyi "for their contributions concerning the dynamics of chemical elementary processes" The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1986 Stanley CohenandRita Levi-Montalcini "for their discoveries of growth factors" The Nobel Prize in Literature 1986 Wole Soyinka "who in a wide cultural perspective and with poetic overtones fashions the drama of existence" The Nobel Peace Prize 1986 Elie Wiesel The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1986 James M. Buchanan Jr. "for his development of the contractual and constitutional bases for the theory of economic and political decision-making" 1985 The Nobel Prize in Physics 1985 Klaus von Klitzing "for the discovery of the quantized Hall effect" The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1985 Herbert A. HauptmanandJerome Karle "for their outstanding achievements in the development of direct methods for the determination of crystal structures" The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1985 Michael S. BrownandJoseph L. Goldstein "for their discoveries concerning the regulation of cholesterol metabolism" The Nobel Prize in Literature 1985 Claude Simon "who in his novel combines the poet's and the painter's creativeness with a deepened awareness of time in the depiction of the human condition" The Nobel Peace Prize 1985 International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1985 Franco Modigliani "for his pioneering analyses of saving and of financial markets" 1984 The Nobel Prize in Physics 1984 Carlo RubbiaandSimon van der Meer "for their decisive contributions to the large project, which led to the discovery of the field particles W and Z, communicators of weak interaction" The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1984 Robert Bruce Merrifield "for his development of methodology for chemical synthesis on a solid matrix" The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1984 Niels K. Jerne,Georges J.F. KöhlerandCésar Milstein "for theories concerning the specificity in development and control of the immune system and the discovery of the principle for production of monoclonal antibodies" The Nobel Prize in Literature 1984 Jaroslav Seifert "for his poetry which endowed with freshness, sensuality and rich inventiveness provides a liberating image of the indomitable spirit and versatility of man" The Nobel Peace Prize 1984 Desmond Mpilo Tutu The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1984 Richard Stone "for having made fundamental contributions to the development of systems of national accounts and hence greatly improved the basis for empirical economic analysis"