The Nobel Prize in Physics 2004 "for the discovery of asymptotic freedom in the theory of the strong interaction" David J. Gross H. David Politzer Frank Wilczek 1/3 of the prize 1/3 of the prize 1/3 of the prize USA USA USA Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California Santa Barbara, CA, USA California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA, USA Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Cambridge, MA, USA b. 1941 b. 1949 b. 1951

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2004 "for the discovery of ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation"   Aaron Ciechanover Avram Hershko Irwin Rose 1/3 of the prize 1/3 of the prize 1/3 of the prize Israel Israel USA Technion-Israel Institute of Technology Haifa, Israel Technion-Israel Institute of Technology Haifa, Israel University of California Irvine, CA, USA b. 1947 b. 1937 (in Karcag, Hungary) b. 1926

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2004 "for their discoveries of odorant receptors and the organization of the olfactory system"   Richard Axel Linda B. Buck 1/2 of the prize 1/2 of the prize USA USA Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Columbia University New York, NY, USA Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Seattle, WA, USA b. 1946 b. 1947

The Nobel Prize in Literature 2004 "for her musical flow of voices and counter-voices in novels and plays that with extraordinary linguistic zeal reveal the absurdity of society's cliches and their subjugating power"   Elfriede Jelinek Austria b. 1946

The Nobel Peace Prize 2004 "for her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace"   Wangari Maathai Kenya b. 1940