Richard R. Ernstfor his contributions to the development of the methodology of high resolution nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy
Ronald H. Coasefor his discovery and clarification of the significance of transaction costs and property rights for the institutional structure and functioning of the economy
Nadine Gordimerwho through her magnificent epic writing has - in the words of Alfred Nobel - been of very great benefit to humanity
Pierre-Gilles de Gennesfor discovering that methods developed for studying order phenomena in simple systems can be generalized to more complex forms of matter, in particular to liquid crystals and polymers