1997 Nobel Prize
12
laureates
6
fields
1997
Nobel Prize
Nobel Prize in Physics
for the development of methods to cool and trap atoms with laser light
United States of America
France
United States of America
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
for the elucidation of the enzymatic mechanism underlying the synthesis of adenosine triphosphate (ATP)
United States of America
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
for the first discovery of an ion-transporting enzyme, Na+, K+-ATPase
Denmark
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
for the discovery of Prions – a new biological principle of infection
United States of America
Nobel Prize in Literature
for emulating the jesters of the Middle Ages in scourging authority and upholding the dignity of the downtrodden
Italy
Nobel Peace Prize
for their work for the banning and clearing of anti-personnel landmines
World
United States of America
Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
for "a new method to determine the value of derivatives", the development and theoretical justification of the Black–Scholes option-pricing model
United States of America
Canada