Sunday, February 27, 2011

Nobel Prize Winners Of 2010

About Nobel Prize

Established by Alfred Nobel, Nobel prizes started in 1901 to encourage scientific experiments, promote emerging technologies, creative literature and world peace. They are given every year for worldwide achievements in Physiology or Medicine, Physics, Chemistry, Literature and for Peace. The Nobel prize is administered by Nobel Foundation, Sweden. In 1968, an additional prize for Economics was added in memory of Alfred Nobel.
Nobel Prize includes an award, Nobel diploma and a cash prize. The prize money is distributed from the interest generated from funds originally initiated by Alfred Nobel. For 2010, the prize money is stipulated at Swedish kronor (SEK) 10 million per full Nobel Prize equivalent to 1.5 mil USD.
NameField
Robert G Edwards Physiology or Medicine
Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov Physics
Richard F. Heck, Ei-ichi Negishi and Akira Suzuki Chemistry
Mario Vargas Llosa Literature
Liu XiaoboPeace
Peter A. Diamond, Dale T. Mortensen and Christopher A. PissaridesEconomics

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