The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1968 was awarded to Lars Onsager for the discovery of the reciprocal relations bearing his name, which are fundamental for the thermodynamics of irreversible processes.
Lars Onsager won The Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1968.
Lars Onsager won The Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1968.
Yasunari Kawabata won The Nobel Prize in Literature in 1968.
Luis Walter Alvarez won The Nobel Prize in Physics in 1968.
The Nobel Peace Prize 1968 was awarded to Rene Cassin.
Har Gobind Khorana won The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1968.
The Nobel prizes are awarded for Peace, Literature, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Physics. There is not a category for Economics in the list of the awards which were established by the will of Alfred Nobel. There is an award called the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, officially named The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. This prize was established in 1968. The first American to be awarded this prize was Paul Samuelson.
1968
Every year since 1901 the Nobel Prize has been awarded for achievements in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature and for peace. The Nobel Prize is an international award administered by the Nobel Foundation in Stockholm, Sweden. In 1968, Sveriges Riksbank established The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, founder of the Nobel Prize. Each prize consists of a medal, personal diploma, and a cash award.
The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel was the sixth category added to the Nobel Prizes in 1968. It is commonly referred to as the Nobel Prize in Economics.
Rene Cassin won The Nobel Peace Prize in 1968.
Yasunari Kawabata won The Nobel Prize in Literature in 1968.