2004 Nobel Prize Winners

Chemistry

Aaron Ciechanover

for the discovery of ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation

Avram Hershko

for the discovery of ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation

Irwin Rose

for the discovery of ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation

Economic Sciences

Finn E. Kydland

for their contributions to dynamic macroeconomics: the time consistency of economic policy and the driving forces behind business cycles

Edward C. Prescott

for their contributions to dynamic macroeconomics: the time consistency of economic policy and the driving forces behind business cycles

Literature

Elfriede Jelinek

for her musical flow of voices and counter-voices in novels and plays that with extraordinary linguistic zeal reveal the absurdity of society's clichés and their subjugating power

Peace

Wangari Muta Maathai

for her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace

Physics

David J. Gross

for the discovery of asymptotic freedom in the theory of the strong interaction

H. David Politzer

for the discovery of asymptotic freedom in the theory of the strong interaction

Frank Wilczek

for the discovery of asymptotic freedom in the theory of the strong interaction

Physiology or Medicine

Richard Axel

for their discoveries of odorant receptors and the organization of the olfactory system

Linda B. Buck

for their discoveries of odorant receptors and the organization of the olfactory system