Nobel Prizes and Laureates 1974
1. Nobel Laureates - Sir Martin Ryle and Antony Hewish
Field - Physics
Contribution - Pioneering research in radio astrophysics Ryle for his observations and inventions, in particular of the aperture synthesis technique, and Hewish for his decisive role in the discovery of pulsars.
2. Nobel Laureates - Paul J. Flory
Field - Chemistry
Contribution - Fundamental achievements, both theoretical and experimental, in the physical chemistry of the macromolecules.
3. Nobel Laureates - Albert Claude, Christian de Duve and George E. Palade
Field - Physiology or Medicine
Contribution - Discoveries concerning the structural and functional organization of the cell.
4. Nobel Laureates - Eyvind Johnson
Field - Literature
Contribution - For a narrative art, far-seeing in lands and ages, in the service of freedom.
5. Nobel Laureates - Harry Martinson
Field - Literature
Contribution - Writings that catch the dewdrop and reflect the cosmos.
6. Nobel Laureates - Sean MacBride, Eisaku Sato
Field - Peace
7. The Sveriges Riksbank Prize - Gunnar Myrdal and Friedrich August von Hayek
Field - Economic Sciences
Contribution - Pioneering work in the theory of money and economic fluctuations and for their penetrating analysis of the interdependence of economic, social and institutional phenomena.