How was Robert Solow awarded the Noble Prize in Economics?

Name: Robert Solow.
Real Name: Robert Merton Solow.
Country: United States.
Date of Birth: August 23, 1924.
Education: Doctor of Philosophy from Harvard University in Columbia University.
Subjects Of Study: Capital Economic growth technology Keynesian economics econometrics.
Popularly Known: Theories of economic growth.
Noble Prize Year: Nobel Prize for Peace in 1987, for his contributions to the theory of economic growth.