All Nobel Prizes (1996-1999): 1999 TheNobelPrize in Physics 1999 Gerardus't HooftandMartinus J.G. Veltman "for elucidating the quantum structure of electroweak interactions in physics" TheNobelPrize in Chemistry 1999 Ahmed H. Zewail "for his studies of the transition states of chemical reactions using femtosecond spectroscopy" TheNobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine 1999 Günter Blobel "for the discovery that proteins have intrinsic signals that govern their transport and localization in the cell" TheNobelPrize in Literature 1999 Günter Grass "whose frolicsome black fables portray the forgotten face of history" TheNobelPeace Prize 1999 Médecins Sans Frontières "in recognition of the organization's pioneering humanitarian work on several continents" The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of AlfredNobel1999 Robert A. Mundell "for his analysis of monetary and fiscal policy under different exchange rate regimes and his analysis of optimum currency areas" 1998 TheNobelPrize in Physics 1998 Robert B. Laughlin,Horst L. StörmerandDaniel C. Tsui "for their discovery of a new form of quantum fluid with fractionally charged excitations" TheNobelPrize in Chemistry 1998 Walter Kohn "for his development of the density-functional theory" John A. Pople "for his development of computational methods in quantum chemistry" TheNobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine 1998 Robert F. Furchgott,Louis J. IgnarroandFerid Murad "for their discoveries concerning nitric oxide as a signalling molecule in the cardiovascular system" TheNobelPrize in Literature 1998 José Saramago "who with parables sustained by imagination, compassion and irony continually enables us once again to apprehend an elusory reality" TheNobelPeace Prize 1998 John HumeandDavid Trimble "for their efforts to find a peaceful solution to the conflict in Northern Ireland" The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of AlfredNobel1998 Amartya Sen "for his contributions to welfare economics" 1997 TheNobelPrize in Physics 1997 Steven Chu,Claude Cohen-TannoudjiandWilliam D. Phillips "for development of methods to cool and trap atoms with laser light" TheNobelPrize in Chemistry 1997 Paul D. BoyerandJohn E. Walker "for their elucidation of the enzymatic mechanism underlying the synthesis of adenosine triphosphate (ATP)" Jens C. Skou "for the first discovery of an ion-transporting enzyme, Na+, K+ -ATPase" TheNobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine 1997 Stanley B. Prusiner "for his discovery of Prions - a new biological principle of infection" TheNobelPrize in Literature 1997 Dario Fo "who emulates the jesters of the Middle Ages in scourging authority and upholding the dignity of the downtrodden" TheNobelPeace Prize 1997 International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL)andJody Williams "for their work for the banning and clearing of anti-personnel mines" The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of AlfredNobel1997 Robert C. MertonandMyron S. Scholes "for a new method to determine the value of derivatives" 1996 TheNobelPrize in Physics 1996 David M. Lee,Douglas D. OsheroffandRobert C. Richardson "for their discovery of superfluidity in helium-3" TheNobelPrize in Chemistry 1996 Robert F. Curl Jr.,Sir Harold W. KrotoandRichard E. Smalley "for their discovery of fullerenes" TheNobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine 1996 Peter C. DohertyandRolf M. Zinkernagel "for their discoveries concerning the specificity of the cell mediated immune defence" TheNobelPrize in Literature 1996 Wislawa Szymborska "for poetry that with ironic precision allows the historical and biological context to come to light in fragments of human reality" TheNobelPeace Prize 1996 Carlos Filipe Ximenes BeloandJosé Ramos-Horta "for their work towards a just and peaceful solution to the conflict in East Timor" The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of AlfredNobel1996 James A. MirrleesandWilliam Vickrey "for their fundamental contributions to the economic theory of incentives under asymmetric information"