1970 Nobel Prize Winners

Chemistry

Luis F. Leloir

for his discovery of sugar nucleotides and their role in the biosynthesis of carbohydrates

Economic Sciences

Paul A. Samuelson

for the scientific work through which he has developed static and dynamic economic theory and actively contributed to raising the level of analysis in economic science

Literature

Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn

for the ethical force with which he has pursued the indispensable traditions of Russian literature

Peace

Norman Ernest Borlaug

for having given a well-founded hope - the green revolution

Physics

Hannes Olof Gösta Alfvén

for fundamental work and discoveries in magnetohydro-dynamics with fruitful applications in different parts of plasma physics

Louis Eugène Félix Néel

for fundamental work and discoveries concerning antiferromagnetism and ferrimagnetism which have led to important applications in solid state physics

Physiology or Medicine

Sir Bernard Katz

for their discoveries concerning the humoral transmitters in the nerve terminals and the mechanism for their storage, release and inactivation

Ulf von Euler

for their discoveries concerning the humoral transmitters in the nerve terminals and the mechanism for their storage, release and inactivation

Julius Axelrod

for their discoveries concerning the humoral transmitters in the nerve terminals and the mechanism for their storage, release and inactivation