About Nobel
Prize -
Nobel Prize, any of the prizes (five in number
until 1969, when a sixth was added) that are awarded annually from a fund
bequeathed for that purpose by the Swedish inventor and industrialist Alfred
Bernhard Nobel. The Nobel Prizes are widely regarded as the most prestigious
awards given for intellectual achievement in the
world.
For Medicine and Physiology:
John O’Keefe, May-Britt Monser and Edvard I. Monser
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The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2014 was
divided, one half awarded to John O’Keefe, the other half jointly to May-Britt
Moser and Edvard I. Monser “for the discoveries of cells that constitute a
positioning system in the brain.”
For Physics:
Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano, Shuji Nakamura
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They were jointly awarded the prize for the
invention of "efficient blue light-emitting diodes which has enabled
bright and energy-saving white light sources.”
For Chemistry:
Eric Betzig, Stefan W. Hell, William E. Moerner
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The Nobel Prize was awarded to them “for the
development of super-resolved fluorescence microscopy”
For Literature:
Patrick Modiano
The Nobel Prize in Literature 2014 was awarede to
Patrick Modiano “for the art of memory with which he has evoked the most
ungraspable human destinies and uncovered the life-world of the occupation”
For Peace:
Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai
The Nobel Peace Prize 2014 was awarded jointly to
Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai “for their struggle against the
suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to
education”
For Economics:
The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in
Memory of Alfred Nobel 2014 was awarded to Jean Tirole "for his analysis
of market power and regulation
