The Nobel Prize for Chemistry, Physics, Medicine, Literature and Peace are out. The list of winner follows.

The greatest honor for achievements in specific fields the Nobel Prizes will be given out throughout this week. The winners will be announced starting from the 3^rd of October (i.e. today) and will continue till 10^th of October. The prize for Medicine is due to be announced today, with the prize for Physics tomorrow (4^th October) and for Chemistry the day after (5^th October). The prize for Peace will be announced on 7^th October (Friday) and that for Economic Sciences on the 10^th of October. The Prize for Literature will be announced later, as always. We bring you the list of Nobel Winners as the announcements each day.

The WINNERS

Medicine

The Nobel Prize for Medicine/Physiology is being awarded  jointly to  Bruce A. Beutler  and  Jules A. Hoffmann  ”for their discoveries concerning the activation of innate immunity” and to  Ralph M. Steinman  ”for his discovery of the dendritic cell and its role in adaptive immunity“. While Beutler and Hoffman received half the prize, while Steinmen received the other half.

Physics

The 2011  Physics Nobel Prize  goes to Saul Perlmutter (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, UC Berkeley), Prof. Brian Schmidt (High Z Supernova search team) and Prof. Adam Reiss (High Z Supernova search team). While Permutter got half the Prize, the other half went jointly to Schmidt and Reiss.  The citation reads  discovery of the accelerating expansion of the universe by observation.

More on the physics Nobel: http://techie-buzz.com/science/physics-nobel-prize-2011-winners.html

Chemistry

The Nobel Prize for Chemistry is being awarded to Daniel Schechtman from Israel for the discovery of quasi crystals, which was his Nobel citation. He is the sole winner for this year’s prize.

Literature

The Nobel Prize for Literature goes to the Swedish poet Tomas Transtromer. He was awarded the Prize because because, through his condensed, translucent images, he gives us fresh access to reality.

Peace

The Nobel Peace Prize is 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”. Remember that this prize is not given in Stockholm, but in Oslo, Norway.

Economics

The 2011 Economics Nobel, called the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences was jointly awarded to Thomas Sargent and Christopher A Sims. Their citation says  ”for their empirical research on cause and effect in the macroeconomy”

This completes the list of winners. The Nobel Prize will be presented on the 10th of December.

The Nobel Prize Medal. (This was awarded to Linus Pauling)

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History of the Nobel

The prizes were instituted by Alfred Nobel, honoring the best in the world in certain fields every year. The money comes from the interest generated by the money invested with the Nobel Foundation. This fortune was made by Nobel when he patented his discovery of dynamite and then sold the patents.

The category of peace was added in 1969 and is awarded in Oslo, Norway, while the others are awarded in Stockholm, Sweden. Surprisingly, there is no Nobel for Mathematics.
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