1990 Nobel Prizes
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The 1990 Nobel Prizes were awarded by the Nobel Foundation, based in Sweden. Six categories were awarded: Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, Peace, and Economic Sciences.{{Cite web |title=All Nobel Prizes |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/lists/all-nobel-prizes/1999-1990/ |access-date=2024-12-11 |website=NobelPrize.org |language=en-US}}
Prizes
= Physics =
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(b. 1930) | rowspan="2" |{{flagdeco|United States}} American | rowspan="3" |"for their pioneering investigations concerning deep inelastic scattering of electrons on protons and bound neutrons, which have been of essential importance for the development of the quark model in particle physics" | rowspan="3" |{{cite web |title=The Nobel Prize in Physics 1990 |url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1990/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081218215855/http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1990/index.html |archive-date=18 December 2008 |access-date=9 October 2008 |publisher=Nobel Foundation}} |
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(1926–1999) |
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(1929–2018) |{{flagdeco|Canada}} Canadian |
= Chemistry =
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! colspan="5" |Awardee(s) |
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(b. 1928) |{{flagdeco|United States}} American |"for his development of the theory and methodology of organic synthesis" |
= Physiology or Medicine =
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! colspan="5" |Awardee(s) |
| |Joseph E. Murray
(1919–2012) | rowspan="2" |{{flag|United States}} | rowspan="2" |"for their discoveries concerning organ and cell transplantation in the treatment of human disease" |
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(1920–2012) |
= Literature =
{{Main page|1990 Nobel Prize in Literature}}
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(1914–1998) |{{flag|Mexico}} |"for impassioned writing with wide horizons, characterized by sensuous intelligence and humanistic integrity" |
= Peace =
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! colspan="5" |Awardee(s) |
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(1931–2022) |{{Flag|Soviet Union}} |"for the leading role he played in the radical changes in East-West relations." |
= Economic Sciences =
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! colspan="5" |Awardee(s) |
| |Harry Markowitz
(1927–2023) | rowspan="3" |{{flag|United States}} | rowspan="3" |"for their pioneering work in the theory of financial economics" |
| |Merton Miller
(1923–2000) |
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(b. 1934) |
== References ==
{{1990 Nobel Prize winners}}