Nobel Prize for the year 2010 was announced recently. Alfred Nobel was a Swedish chemist, engineer, innovator and the inventor of the dynamite. He died on December 10, 1896 and based on his will the Nobel Foundation was formed. The Nobel prizes are international awards given in recognition of the cultural and scientific advances in the fields of Physics, Chemistry, Physiology (Medicine), Literature, Peace and Economics. Find some information about the Nobel Laureates of 2010.
Nobel for Medicine: Dr. Robert G. Edwards, the Father of the Test Tube Baby, received the Nobel Prize for his development of in vitro fertilization procedure which has so far led to the birth of around 4 million people.
Nobel for Physics: Nobel Prize for Physics 2010 shared by Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov, both of the University of Manchester for their groundbreaking experiments regarding the two-dimensional material graphene. It is a form of carbon that is not only the thinnest ever but also the strongest. Since it is practically transparent and a good conductor, it is suitable for producing transparent touch screens, light panels, and may be even solar cells.
Nobel for Chemistry: Chemistry Nobel Prize for American Richard F. Heck and Japanese researchers Ei-ichi Negishi and Akira Suzuki for palladium-catalyzed cross couplings in organic synthesis. The award is given for finding new ways to bond carbon atoms together, methods now widely used to make medicines and in agriculture and electronics.
Nobel for Literature: Peruvian novelist and essayist Mario Vargas Llosa was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature for his cartography of structures of power and his trenchant images of the individual's resistance, revolt, and defeat. He is one of the most famous writers in the Spanish-speaking world who braved violence and political divisions in his homeland.
Nobel Prize for Peace: One of the most famous human rights activists of the world, the Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo was awarded with the Nobel Prize for Peace for his non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China. The Nobel Committee, which announced the prize much to the annoyance of the Chinese government, said that it always believed that there is a close connection between human rights and peace and hence the award to Liu Xiaobo.
Nobel Prize for Economics: Nobel Prize for Economics 2010 awarded to Americans Peter Diamond and Dale Mortensen and Christopher Pissarides, a British and Cypriot citizen, for analysis of how the job market is affected by regulation and economic policy. The laureates created mathematical models which provide the framework for studying how the job market works in the real world.
Source: Official websites of the Nobel Prize and the Associated Press (AP)
Nobel for Medicine: Dr. Robert G. Edwards, the Father of the Test Tube Baby, received the Nobel Prize for his development of in vitro fertilization procedure which has so far led to the birth of around 4 million people.
Nobel for Physics: Nobel Prize for Physics 2010 shared by Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov, both of the University of Manchester for their groundbreaking experiments regarding the two-dimensional material graphene. It is a form of carbon that is not only the thinnest ever but also the strongest. Since it is practically transparent and a good conductor, it is suitable for producing transparent touch screens, light panels, and may be even solar cells.
Nobel for Chemistry: Chemistry Nobel Prize for American Richard F. Heck and Japanese researchers Ei-ichi Negishi and Akira Suzuki for palladium-catalyzed cross couplings in organic synthesis. The award is given for finding new ways to bond carbon atoms together, methods now widely used to make medicines and in agriculture and electronics.
Nobel for Literature: Peruvian novelist and essayist Mario Vargas Llosa was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature for his cartography of structures of power and his trenchant images of the individual's resistance, revolt, and defeat. He is one of the most famous writers in the Spanish-speaking world who braved violence and political divisions in his homeland.
Nobel Prize for Peace: One of the most famous human rights activists of the world, the Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo was awarded with the Nobel Prize for Peace for his non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China. The Nobel Committee, which announced the prize much to the annoyance of the Chinese government, said that it always believed that there is a close connection between human rights and peace and hence the award to Liu Xiaobo.
Nobel Prize for Economics: Nobel Prize for Economics 2010 awarded to Americans Peter Diamond and Dale Mortensen and Christopher Pissarides, a British and Cypriot citizen, for analysis of how the job market is affected by regulation and economic policy. The laureates created mathematical models which provide the framework for studying how the job market works in the real world.
Source: Official websites of the Nobel Prize and the Associated Press (AP)
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