1982 Nobel Prize

9

laureates

6

fields

1982

Nobel Prize

Physics

Nobel Prize in Physics

1982 Nobel Prize in Physics

for his theory for critical phenomena in connection with phase transitions (Phys. Rev. B 4, 3174-3183 (1971); Phys. Rev. B 4, 3184-3205 (1971); Phys. Rev. Lett. 28, 240-243 (1972); Phys. Rev. Lett. 28, 548-551 (1972); Phys. Rep. 12, 75-199 (1974); Rev. Mod. Phys. 47, 773-840 (1975))

Kenneth G. Wilson

United States of AmericaUnited States of America

Chemistry

Nobel Prize in Chemistry

1982 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

for his development of crystallographic electron microscopy and his structural elucidation of biologically important nucleic acid-protein complexes

Aaron Klug
Aaron Klug

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

Physiology, Medicine

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

1982 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

discoveries concerning prostaglandins and related biologically active substances

Sune Bergström
Sune Bergström

SwedenSweden

Bengt I. Samuelsson
Bengt I. Samuelsson

SwedenSweden

John Robert Vane
John Robert Vane

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

Literature

Nobel Prize in Literature

1982 Nobel Prize in Literature

for his novels and short stories in which the fantastic and the realistic are combined in a richly composed world of imagination, reflecting a continent's life and conflicts

Gabriel García Márquez
Gabriel García Márquez

ColombiaColombia

Peace

Nobel Peace Prize

1982 Nobel Peace Prize

for their monumental achievements and internationally recognized contributions in playing a pivotal role in United Nations disarmament negotiations

Alva Myrdal
Alva Myrdal

SwedenSweden

Alfonso García Robles
Alfonso García Robles

MexicoMexico

Economic Sciences

Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences

1982 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences

for his seminal studies of industrial structures, functioning of markets, and the causes and effects of public regulation

George Stigler

United States of AmericaUnited States of America