1992 - Chemistry
Rudolph A. Marcus - Male - 69 years
Birth country: Canada
Motivation: for his contributions to the theory of electron transfer reactions in chemical systems
Affiliation: California Institute of Technology (Caltech) - USA
Nobel Prize Winners of 1992
In 1992, 7 laureates received the Nobel Prize in 6 categories: Chemistry, Economic Sciences, Literature, Medicine, Peace, Physics. Each entry lists the motivation, the laureate's age at the award, birth country, and affiliation.
1992 - Economic Sciences
Gary S. Becker - Male - 61 years
Birth country: USA
Motivation: for having extended the domain of microeconomic analysis to a wide range of human behaviour and interaction, including nonmarket behaviour
Affiliation: University of Chicago - USA
1992 - Literature
Derek Walcott - Male - 62 years
Birth country: Saint Lucia
Motivation: for a poetic oeuvre of great luminosity, sustained by a historical vision, the outcome of a multicultural commitment
1992 - Medicine
Edmond H. Fischer - Male - 72 years
Birth country: China
Motivation: for their discoveries concerning reversible protein phosphorylation as a biological regulatory mechanism
Affiliation: University of Washington - USA
Edwin G. Krebs - Male - 74 years
Birth country: USA
Motivation: for their discoveries concerning reversible protein phosphorylation as a biological regulatory mechanism
Affiliation: University of Washington - USA
1992 - Peace
Rigoberta Menchú Tum - Female - 33 years
Birth country: Guatemala
Motivation: for her struggle for social justice and ethno-cultural reconciliation based on respect for the rights of indigenous peoples
1992 - Physics
Georges Charpak - Male - 68 years
Birth country: Poland
Motivation: for his invention and development of particle detectors, in particular the multiwire proportional chamber
Affiliation: École Supérieure de Physique et Chimie - France; CERN - Switzerland
