1984 Nobel Prize Winners

Chemistry

Robert Bruce Merrifield

for his development of methodology for chemical synthesis on a solid matrix

Economic Sciences

Richard Stone

for having made fundamental contributions to the development of systems of national accounts and hence greatly improved the basis for empirical economic analysis

Literature

Jaroslav Seifert

for his poetry which endowed with freshness, sensuality and rich inventiveness provides a liberating image of the indomitable spirit and versatility of man

Peace

Desmond Mpilo Tutu

for his role as a unifying leader figure in the non-violent campaign to resolve the problem of apartheid in South Africa

Physics

Carlo Rubbia

for their decisive contributions to the large project, which led to the discovery of the field particles W and Z, communicators of weak interaction

Simon van der Meer

for their decisive contributions to the large project, which led to the discovery of the field particles W and Z, communicators of weak interaction

Physiology or Medicine

Niels K. Jerne

for theories concerning the specificity in development and control of the immune system and the discovery of the principle for production of monoclonal antibodies

Georges J.F. Köhler

for theories concerning the specificity in development and control of the immune system and the discovery of the principle for production of monoclonal antibodies

César Milstein

for theories concerning the specificity in development and control of the immune system and the discovery of the principle for production of monoclonal antibodies