1980 Nobel Prize

11

laureates

6

fields

1980

Nobel Prize

Physics

Nobel Prize in Physics

1980 Nobel Prize in Physics

for the discovery of violations of fundamental symmetry principles in the decay of neutral K-mesons

James Cronin
James Cronin

United States of AmericaUnited States of America

Val Logsdon Fitch
Val Logsdon Fitch

United States of AmericaUnited States of America

Chemistry

Nobel Prize in Chemistry

1980 Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1)

for his fundamental studies of the biochemistry of nucleic acids, with particular regard to recombinant DNA

Paul Berg
Paul Berg

United States of AmericaUnited States of America

1980 Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2)

for their contributions concerning the determination of base sequences in nucleic acids

Walter Gilbert
Walter Gilbert

United States of AmericaUnited States of America

Frederick Sanger
Frederick Sanger

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Physiology, Medicine

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

1980 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

for their discoveries concerning genetically determined structures on the cell surface that regulate immunological reactions

Baruj Benacerraf
Baruj Benacerraf

United States of AmericaUnited States of America

Jean Dausset
Jean Dausset

FranceFrance

George Davis Snell

United States of AmericaUnited States of America

Literature

Nobel Prize in Literature

1980 Nobel Prize in Literature

who with uncompromising clear-sightedness voices man's exposed condition in a world of severe conflicts

Czesław Miłosz

PolandPoland

Peace

Nobel Peace Prize

1980 Nobel Peace Prize

for being a source of inspiration to repressed people, especially in Latin America

Adolfo Pérez Esquivel
Adolfo Pérez Esquivel

ArgentinaArgentina

Economic Sciences

Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences

1980 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences

for the creation of econometric models and their application to the analysis of economic fluctuations and economic policies

Lawrence Klein

United States of AmericaUnited States of America