1987 Nobel Prize

9

laureates

6

fields

1987

Nobel Prize

Physics

Nobel Prize in Physics

1987 Nobel Prize in Physics

for their important breakthrough in the discovery of superconductivity in ceramic materials (Zeitschrift für Physik B 64 (1986) 189–193, Bednorz & Müller)

J. Georg Bednorz
J. Georg Bednorz

West GermanyWest Germany

Karl Alexander Müller
Karl Alexander Müller

SwitzerlandSwitzerland

Chemistry

Nobel Prize in Chemistry

1987 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

for their development and use of molecules with structure-specific and highly selective interactions (crown compounds)

Donald James Cram

United States of AmericaUnited States of America

Jean-Marie Lehn
Jean-Marie Lehn

FranceFrance

Charles John Pedersen

United States of AmericaUnited States of America

Physiology, Medicine

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

1987 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

for his discovery of the genetic principle for generation of antibody diversity

Susumu Tonegawa
Susumu Tonegawa

JapanJapan

Literature

Nobel Prize in Literature

1987 Nobel Prize in Literature

for an all-embracing authorship, imbued with clarity of thought and poetic intensity

Joseph Brodsky
Joseph Brodsky

United States of AmericaUnited States of America

Peace

Nobel Peace Prize

1987 Nobel Peace Prize

for his dedicated efforts to achieve lasting peace in Central America, including mediation in the conflicts involving Nicaragua and El Salvador

Óscar Arias Sánchez
Óscar Arias Sánchez

Costa RicaCosta Rica

Economic Sciences

Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences

1987 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences

for his contributions to the theory of economic growth

Robert Solow
Robert Solow

United States of AmericaUnited States of America