1981 Nobel Prize

11

laureates

6

fields

1981

Nobel Prize

Physics

Nobel Prize in Physics

1981 Nobel Prize in Physics (1)

for their contribution to the development of laser spectroscopy (Phys. Rev. 104 (1956) 324-327, Phys. Rev. 127 (1962) 1918-1939)

Nicolaas Bloembergen
Nicolaas Bloembergen

United States of AmericaUnited States of America

Arthur Leonard Schawlow
Arthur Leonard Schawlow

United States of AmericaUnited States of America

1981 Nobel Prize in Physics (2)

for the development of high-resolution electron spectroscopy

Kai Manne Börje Siegbahn
Kai Manne Börje Siegbahn

SwedenSweden

Chemistry

Nobel Prize in Chemistry

1981 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

for their theories concerning the course of chemical reactions

Kenichi Fukui
Kenichi Fukui

JapanJapan

Roald Hoffmann
Roald Hoffmann

United States of AmericaUnited States of America, PolandPoland

Physiology, Medicine

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

1981 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1)

for discoveries concerning the functional specialization of the cerebral hemispheres

Roger Wolcott Sperry
Roger Wolcott Sperry

United States of AmericaUnited States of America

1981 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2)

for discoveries concerning information processing in the visual system

David H. Hubel
David H. Hubel

United States of AmericaUnited States of America

Torsten Wiesel
Torsten Wiesel

SwedenSweden

Literature

Nobel Prize in Literature

1981 Nobel Prize in Literature

for writings marked by a broad outlook, a wealth of ideas and artistic power

Elias Canetti
Elias Canetti

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

Peace

Nobel Peace Prize

1981 Nobel Peace Prize

for its efforts to improve the relocation, settlement and treatment of refugees and to promote their fundamental rights

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

WorldWorld

Economic Sciences

Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences

1981 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences

for his analysis of financial markets and their relations to expenditure decisions, employment, production and prices

James Tobin
James Tobin

United States of AmericaUnited States of America