1993 Nobel Prizes

none The 1993 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.All Nobel Prizes https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/lists/all-nobel-prizes/1999-1990/ 2024-12-11 NobelPrize.org en-US Prizes Physics +Awardee(s)100x100pxRussell Alan Hulse (b. 1950)United States American"for the discovery of a new type of pulsar, a discovery that has opened up new possibilities for the study of gravitation"The Nobel Prize in Physics 1993 https://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1993/index.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20131014091534/http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1993/index.html 14 October 2013 9 October 2008 Nobel Foundation88x88pxJoseph Hooton Taylor Jr. (b. 1941) Chemistry Awardee(s)117x117pxKary B. Mullis (1944–2019)United States American"for contributions to the developments of methods within DNA-based chemistry [...] for his invention of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method"The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1993 http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1993/index.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20081021033838/http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1993/index.html 21 October 2008 6 October 2008 Nobel Foundation93x93pxMichael Smith (1932–2000)United Kingdom British Canada Canadian"for contributions to the developments of methods within DNA-based chemistry [...] for his fundamental contributions to the establishment of oligonucleotide-based, site-directed mutagenesis and its development for protein studies" Physiology or Medicine Awardee(s)100x100pxSir Richard J. Roberts (b. 1943)United Kingdom"for their discoveries of split genes"The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1993 https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1993/index.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20070818042000/http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1993/index.html 18 August 2007 28 July 2007 Nobel Foundation75x75pxPhillip A. Sharp (b. 1944)United States Literature 1993 Nobel Prize in Literature Awardee(s)114x114pxToni Morrison (1931–2019)United States"who in novels characterized by visionary force and poetic import, gives life to an essential aspect of American reality"Nobel Prize in Literature 1993 http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1993/index.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20090321025733/http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1993/index.html 2009-03-21 2008-10-17 Nobel Foundation Peace Awardee(s)97x97pxNelson Mandela (1918–2013)South Africa"for their work for the peaceful termination of the apartheid regime, and for laying the foundations for a new democratic South Africa."The Nobel Peace Prize 1993 https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1993/summary live https://web.archive.org/web/20220227233423/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1993/summary/ 27 February 2022 2022-03-02 Nobel Foundation100x100pxFrederik Willem de Klerk (1936–2021) Economic Sciences Awardee(s)112x112pxRobert Fogel (1926–2013)United States"for having renewed research in economic history by applying economic theory and quantitative methods in order to explain economic and institutional change"The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1993 http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/economics/laureates/1993/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20081019180827/http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/economics/laureates/1993/ 2008-10-19 2008-10-14 Nobel Foundation108x108pxDouglass North (1920–2015) Controversies Physiology or Medicine Scientists argued that Louise T. Chow, a China-born Taiwanese researcher, should have been acknowledged alongside Roberts, as she not only collaborated with him but also pioneered the experiments that led to the discovery of split genes. Others also mentioned the exclusion of credit for Susan Berget, a then-postdoctoral fellow who helped with Sharp's discovery.Abir-Am Pnina Geraldine Pnina Abir-Am September 2020 The Women Who Discovered RNA Splicing https://www.americanscientist.org/article/the-women-who-discovered-rna-splicing American Scientist 108 5 298–305 January 12, 2024Flint Anthony November 8, 1993 Nobel Prize in medicine brews resentment, envy https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-idaho-statesman-nobel-prize-in-medic/138599232/ January 12, 2024 The Idaho Statesman Newspapers.com References Category:Nobel Prize by year Category:1993 awards