1972 Nobel Prize Winners

Chemistry

Christian B. Anfinsen

for his work on ribonuclease, especially concerning the connection between the amino acid sequence and the biologically active conformation

Stanford Moore

for their contribution to the understanding of the connection between chemical structure and catalytic activity of the active centre of the ribonuclease molecule

William H. Stein

for their contribution to the understanding of the connection between chemical structure and catalytic activity of the active centre of the ribonuclease molecule

Economic Sciences

John R. Hicks

for their pioneering contributions to general economic equilibrium theory and welfare theory

Kenneth J. Arrow

for their pioneering contributions to general economic equilibrium theory and welfare theory

Literature

Heinrich Böll

for his writing which through its combination of a broad perspective on his time and a sensitive skill in characterization has contributed to a renewal of German literature

Peace

Physics

John Bardeen

for their jointly developed theory of superconductivity, usually called the BCS-theory

Leon Neil Cooper

for their jointly developed theory of superconductivity, usually called the BCS-theory

John Robert Schrieffer

for their jointly developed theory of superconductivity, usually called the BCS-theory

Physiology or Medicine

Gerald M. Edelman

for their discoveries concerning the chemical structure of antibodies

Rodney R. Porter

for their discoveries concerning the chemical structure of antibodies