Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Nobel Winners - 2009

Physics

Charles K. Kao – for groundbreaking achievements concerning the transmission of light in fibers for optical communication - China
Willard S. Boyle
– for the invention of an imaging semiconductor circuit – the CCD sensor - USA
George E. Smith – for the invention of an imaging semiconductor circuit – the CCD sensor - USA

Chemistry [for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome]

Venkatraman RamakrishnanUK
Thomas A. Steitz - USA
Ada E. YonathIsrael

Physiology or Medicine [for the discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase]

Elizabeth H. Blackburn - USA
Carol W. Greider - USA
Jack W. Szostak - USA

Literature[ who, with the concentration of poetry and the frankness of prose, depicts the landscape of the dispossessed]

Herta MüllerGermany

Peace – [for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples]

Barrack ObamaUSA

The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel

Elinor Ostrom - for her analysis of economic governance, especially the commons - USA
Oliver E. Williamson - for his analysis of economic governance, especially the boundaries of the firm - USA

[Source:nobelprize.org]

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