Physics
1 Laureate
Pierre-Gilles de Gennes
France
“for discovering that methods developed for studying order phenomena in simple systems can be generalized to more complex forms of matter, in particular to liquid crystals and polymers”
Chemistry
1 Laureate
Richard R. Ernst
Switzerland
“for his contributions to the development of the methodology of high resolution nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy”
Physiology or Medicine
2 Laureates
Literature
1 Laureate
Nadine Gordimer
South Africa
“who through her magnificent epic writing has - in the words of Alfred Nobel - been of very great benefit to humanity”
Peace
1 Laureate
Aung San Suu Kyi
Myanmar
“for her non-violent struggle for democracy and human rights”
Economic Sciences
1 Laureate
Ronald Coase
United Kingdom
“for his discovery and clarification of the significance of transaction costs and property rights for the institutional structure and functioning of the economy”