Saturday, 21 December 2024

1970, Nobel Prizes (Oslo, Norway, 1970)

The Nobel Prize in Physics: Hannes Olof Gösta Alfvén (Sweden) and Louis Eugène Félix Néel (France)

Hannes Olof Gösta Alfvén: for fundamental work and discoveries in magnetohydro-dynamics with fruitful applications in different parts of plasma physics.
Louis Eugène Félix Néel: for fundamental work and discoveries concerning antiferromagnetism and ferrimagnetism which have led to important applications in solid state physics.

Hannes Olof Gösta Alfvén

Louis Eugène Félix Néel

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry: Luis Federico Leloir (Argentina)

For his discovery of sugar nucleotides and their role in the biosynthesis of carbohydrates.

Luis Federico Leloir

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine: Sir Bernard Katz (UK), Ulf von Euler (Sweden) and Julius Axelrod (USA)

For their discoveries concerning the humoral transmitters in the nerve terminals and the mechanism for their storage, release and inactivation.

Sir Bernard Katz

Ulf von Euler

Julius Axelrod

The Nobel Prize in Literature: Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn (USSR)

For the ethical force with which he has pursued the indispensable traditions of Russian literature.

Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn

The Nobel Peace Prize: Norman Ernest Borlaug (USA)

For having given a well-founded hope - the green revolution.

Norman Ernest Borlaug

The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel: Paul Samuelson

For the scientific work through which he has developed static and dynamic economic theory and actively contributed to raising the level of analysis in economic science.

Paul Samuelson

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