1998 Nobel Prize

12

laureates

6

fields

1998

Nobel Prize

Physics

Nobel Prize in Physics

1998 Nobel Prize in Physics

for the discovery of a new form of quantum fluid with fractionally charged excitations

Robert B. Laughlin
Robert B. Laughlin

United States of AmericaUnited States of America

Horst L. Störmer
Horst L. Störmer

GermanyGermany

Daniel C. Tsui
Daniel C. Tsui

United States of AmericaUnited States of America

Chemistry

Nobel Prize in Chemistry

1998 Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1)

for the development of density-functional theory

Walter Kohn
Walter Kohn

United States of AmericaUnited States of America

1998 Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2)

for the development of computational methods in quantum chemistry

John Anthony Pople
John Anthony Pople

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

Physiology, Medicine

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

1998 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

for the discovery of nitric oxide as a signalling molecule in the cardiovascular system

Robert F. Furchgott
Robert F. Furchgott

United States of AmericaUnited States of America

Louis J. Ignarro
Louis J. Ignarro

United States of AmericaUnited States of America

Ferid Murad
Ferid Murad

United States of AmericaUnited States of America

Literature

Nobel Prize in Literature

1998 Nobel Prize in Literature

who with parables sustained by imagination, compassion and irony continually enables us once again to apprehend an elusory reality

José Saramago
José Saramago

PortugalPortugal

Peace

Nobel Peace Prize

1998 Nobel Peace Prize

for their efforts to find a peaceful solution to the conflict in Northern Ireland

John Hume
John Hume

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

David Trimble
David Trimble

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

Economic Sciences

Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences

1998 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences

for his contributions to welfare economics, in particular his research on the theory of inequality of income distribution, poverty, and famine

Amartya Sen
Amartya Sen

IndiaIndia