The Nobel Prize in Physics: John Bardeen, Leon Neil Cooper and John Robert Schrieffer
For their jointly developed theory of superconductivity, usually called the BCS-theory.
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John Bardeen |
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Leon Neil Cooper |
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John Robert Schrieffer |
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry: Christian B. Anfinsen / Stanford Moore and William Howard Stein
Christian B. Anfinsen: for his work on ribonuclease, especially concerning the connection between the amino acid sequence and the biologically active conformation.
Stanford Moore and William Howard Stein: for their contribution to the understanding of the connection between chemical structure and catalytic activity of the active centre of the ribonuclease molecule.
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Christian B. Anfinsen |
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Stanford Moore |
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William Howard Stein |
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine: Gerald M. Edelman and Rodney Robert Porter
For their discoveries concerning the chemical structure of antibodies.
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Gerald M. Edelman |
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Rodney Robert Porter |
The Nobel Prize in Literature: 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.
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Heinrich Böll |
The Nobel Peace Prize
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: John R. Hicks and Kenneth J. Arrow
For their pioneering contributions to general economic equilibrium theory and welfare theory.
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John R. Hicks |
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Kenneth J. Arrow |
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