1990 Nobel Prize Winners

Chemistry

Elias James Corey

for his development of the theory and methodology of organic synthesis

Economic Sciences

Harry M. Markowitz

for their pioneering work in the theory of financial economics

Merton H. Miller

for their pioneering work in the theory of financial economics

William F. Sharpe

for their pioneering work in the theory of financial economics

Literature

Octavio Paz

for impassioned writing with wide horizons, characterized by sensuous intelligence and humanistic integrity

Peace

Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev

for the leading role he played in the radical changes in East-West relations

Physics

Jerome I. Friedman

for their pioneering investigations concerning deep inelastic scattering of electrons on protons and bound neutrons, which have been of essential importance for the development of the quark model in particle physics

Henry W. Kendall

for their pioneering investigations concerning deep inelastic scattering of electrons on protons and bound neutrons, which have been of essential importance for the development of the quark model in particle physics

Richard E. Taylor

for their pioneering investigations concerning deep inelastic scattering of electrons on protons and bound neutrons, which have been of essential importance for the development of the quark model in particle physics

Physiology or Medicine

Joseph E. Murray

for their discoveries concerning organ and cell transplantation in the treatment of human disease

E. Donnall Thomas

for their discoveries concerning organ and cell transplantation in the treatment of human disease