Saturday 15 October, 2011

The Nobel Prize 2011


The Nobel Prize in Physics 2011

 
Saul Perlmutter              Brian P. Schmidt     Adam G. Riess
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2011 was divided, one half awarded to Saul Perlmutter, the other half jointly to Brian P. Schmidt and Adam G. Riess "for the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the Universe through observations of distant supernovae".

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2011

Dan Shechtman

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2011 was awarded to Dan Shechtman "for the discovery of quasicrystals".

The Nobel Peace Prize 2011

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf     Leymah Gbowee            Tawakkul Karman

The Nobel Peace Prize 2011 was awarded jointly to Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman "for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women’s rights to full participation in peace-building work".

The Nobel Prize in Literature 2011

Tomas Tranströmer

The Nobel Prize in Literature 2011 was awarded to Tomas Tranströmer "because, through his condensed, translucent images, he gives us fresh access to reality".


The Nobel Prize in Economic Science

Thomas J. Sargent         Christopher A. Sims

The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2011 was awarded jointly to Thomas J. Sargent and Christopher A. Sims "for their empirical research on cause and effect in the macroeconomy"
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