1992 Nobel Prizes

The 1992 Nobel Prizes were awarded by the Nobel Foundation, based in Sweden. Six categories were awarded: Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, Peace, and Economic Sciences.[1]

Prizes

Physics

Awardee(s)
Georges Charpak

(1924–2010)

French "for his invention and development of particle detectors, in particular the multiwire proportional chamber" [2]

Chemistry

Awardee(s)
Rudolph A. Marcus

(b. 1923)

Canadian

American

"for his contributions to the theory of electron transfer reactions in chemical systems" [3]

Physiology or Medicine

Awardee(s)
Edmond H. Fischer

(1920–2021)

 Switzerland

United States

"for their discoveries concerning reversible protein phosphorylation as a biological regulatory mechanism" [4]
Edwin G. Krebs

(1918–2009)

United States

Literature

Main article: 1992 Nobel Prize in Literature
Awardee(s)
Derek Walcott

(1930–2017)

Saint Lucia "for a poetic oeuvre of great luminosity, sustained by a historical vision, the outcome of a multicultural commitment" [5]

Peace

Awardee(s)
Rigoberta Menchú

(born 1959)

Guatemala "for her struggle for social justice and ethno-cultural reconciliation based on respect for the rights of indigenous peoples." [6]

Economic Sciences

Awardee(s)
Gary Becker

(1930–2014)

United States "for having extended the domain of microeconomic analysis to a wide range of human behaviour and interaction, including non-market behaviour" [7]

References

  1. ^ "All Nobel Prizes". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved 2024-12-11.
  2. ^ "The Nobel Prize in Physics 1992". Nobel Foundation. Archived from the original on 22 October 2008. Retrieved 9 October 2008.
  3. ^ "The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1992". Nobel Foundation. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 6 October 2008.
  4. ^ "The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1992". Nobel Foundation. Archived from the original on 10 October 2013. Retrieved 28 July 2007.
  5. ^ "Nobel Prize in Literature 1992". Nobel Foundation. Archived from the original on 2008-10-17. Retrieved 2008-10-17.
  6. ^ "The Nobel Peace Prize 1992". Nobel Foundation. Archived from the original on 2008-10-19. Retrieved 2022-03-02.
  7. ^ "The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1992". Nobel Foundation. Archived from the original on 2008-10-28. Retrieved 2008-10-14.
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