Nobel Prizes 2004
Chemistry
- The Nobel Prize in 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
- The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel
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
- The Nobel Prize in 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
- The Nobel Peace Prize
Wangari Maathai
"for her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace"
Physics
- The Nobel Prize in 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
- The Nobel Prize in 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"