The Nobel Prize in Physics
John Bardeen, Leon Neil Cooper, John Robert Schrieffer
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1972 was awarded jointly to John Bardeen, Leon Neil Cooper and John Robert Schrieffer “for their jointly developed theory of superconductivity, usually called the BCS-theory”.
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Christian B. Anfinsen, Stanford Moore, William H. Stein
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1972 was divided, one half awarded to Christian B. Anfinsen “for his work on ribonuclease, especially concerning the connection between the amino acid sequence and the biologically active conformation”, the other half jointly to Stanford Moore and William H. Stein “for their contribution to the understanding of the connection between chemical structure and catalytic activity of the active centre of the ribonuclease molecule”.
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Gerald M. Edelman, Rodney R. Porter
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1972 was awarded jointly to Gerald M. Edelman and Rodney R. Porter “for their discoveries concerning the chemical structure of antibodies”
The Nobel Prize in Literature
Heinrich Böll
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1972 was awarded to Heinrich Böll “for his writing which through its combination of a broad perspective on his time and a sensitive skill in characterization has contributed to a renewal of German literature”.
The Nobel Peace Prize
No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. The prize money for 1972 was allocated to the Main Fund.
The Prize in Economic Sciences
John R. Hicks, Kenneth J. Arrow
The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1972 was awarded jointly to John R. Hicks and Kenneth J. Arrow “for their pioneering contributions to general economic equilibrium theory and welfare theory”
reference: http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/