by R4R Team

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.

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