Nobel Prizes and Laureates 1981 by R4R Team

1. Nobel Laureates - Nicolaas Bloembergen and Arthur Leonard Schawlow

Field - Physics

Contribution - Contribution to the development of laser spectroscopy

2. Nobel Laureates - Kai M. Siegbahn

Field - Physics

Contribution - Contribution to the development of high-resolution electron spectroscopy.

3. Nobel Laureates - Kenichi Fukui and Roald Hoffmann

Field - Chemistry

Contribution - Theories, developed independently, concerning the course of chemical reactions.

4. Nobel Laureates - Roger W. Sperry

Field - Physiology or Medicine

Contribution - Discoveries concerning the functional specialization of the cerebral hemispheres.

5. Nobel Laureates - David H. Hubel and Torsten N. Wiesel

Field - Physiology or Medicine

Contribution - Discoveries concerning information processing in the visual system.

6. Nobel Laureates - Elias Canetti

Field - Literature

Contribution - Writings marked by a broad outlook, a wealth of ideas and artistic power.

7. Nobel Laureates - Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

Field - Peace

8. The Sveriges Riksbank Prize - James Tobin

Field - Economic Sciences

Contribution - Analysis of financial markets and their relations to expenditure decisions, employment, production and prices.