The Nobel and the modern world

An editorial selection for comparing processes, events, and lives. The interval and counts describe selected records, not the historical boundaries or importance of the subject.

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Events
638
People
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Topics represented

Nobel Prizes (638) · Physics (119) · Literature (118) · Chemistry (117) · Physiology or Medicine (116) · Peace (106) · Economic Sciences (58) · Nobel institutions (5)

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  1. 1989

    Nobel Prize in Peace 1989

    The 1989 award linked this prize to The 14th Dalai Lama. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  2. 1989

    Nobel Prize in Physics 1989

    The 1989 award linked this prize to Norman F. Ramsey, Hans G. Dehmelt and Wolfgang Paul. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  3. 1990

    Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1990

    The 1990 award linked this prize to Elias James Corey. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  4. 1990

    Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1990

    The 1990 award linked this prize to Harry M. Markowitz, Merton H. Miller and William F. Sharpe. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  5. 1990

    Nobel Prize in Literature 1990

    The 1990 award linked this prize to Octavio Paz. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  6. 1990

    Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1990

    The 1990 award linked this prize to Joseph E. Murray and E. Donnall Thomas. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  7. 1990

    Nobel Prize in Peace 1990

    The 1990 award linked this prize to Mikhail Gorbachev. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  8. 1990

    Nobel Prize in Physics 1990

    The 1990 award linked this prize to Jerome I. Friedman, Henry W. Kendall and Richard E. Taylor. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  9. 1991

    Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1991

    The 1991 award linked this prize to Richard R. Ernst. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  10. 1991

    Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1991

    The 1991 award linked this prize to Ronald H. Coase. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  11. 1991

    Nobel Prize in Literature 1991

    The 1991 award linked this prize to Nadine Gordimer. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  12. 1991

    Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1991

    The 1991 award linked this prize to Erwin Neher and Bert Sakmann. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  13. 1991

    Nobel Prize in Peace 1991

    The 1991 award linked this prize to Aung San Suu Kyi. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  14. 1991

    Nobel Prize in Physics 1991

    The 1991 award linked this prize to Pierre-Gilles de Gennes. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  15. 1992

    Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1992

    The 1992 award linked this prize to Rudolph A. Marcus. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  16. 1992

    Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1992

    The 1992 award linked this prize to Gary Becker. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  17. 1992

    Nobel Prize in Literature 1992

    The 1992 award linked this prize to Derek Walcott. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  18. 1992

    Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1992

    The 1992 award linked this prize to Edmond H. Fischer and Edwin G. Krebs. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  19. 1992

    Nobel Prize in Peace 1992

    The 1992 award linked this prize to Rigoberta Menchú Tum. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  20. 1992

    Nobel Prize in Physics 1992

    The 1992 award linked this prize to Georges Charpak. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  21. 1993

    Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1993

    The 1993 award linked this prize to Kary B. Mullis and Michael Smith. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  22. 1993

    Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1993

    The 1993 award linked this prize to Robert W. Fogel and Douglass C. North. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  23. 1993

    Nobel Prize in Literature 1993

    The 1993 award linked this prize to Toni Morrison. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  24. 1993

    Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1993

    The 1993 award linked this prize to Richard J. Roberts and Phillip A. Sharp. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  25. 1993

    Nobel Prize in Peace 1993

    The 1993 award linked this prize to Nelson Mandela and F.W. de Klerk. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  26. 1993

    Nobel Prize in Physics 1993

    The 1993 award linked this prize to Russell A. Hulse and Joseph H. Taylor Jr.. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  27. 1994

    Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1994

    The 1994 award linked this prize to George A. Olah. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  28. 1994

    Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1994

    The 1994 award linked this prize to John C. Harsanyi, John F. Nash Jr. and Reinhard Selten. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  29. 1994

    Nobel Prize in Literature 1994

    The 1994 award linked this prize to Kenzaburo Oe. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.

  30. 1994

    Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1994

    The 1994 award linked this prize to Alfred G. Gilman and Martin Rodbell. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.