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Related Links Nobel Prize History Nobel Prize History Quiz Nobel Peace Prize Winners Quiz Pullitzer Prizes Physics: Albert Fert (France) and Peter Grünberg (Germany) for “the discovery of giant magnetoresistance,” the technology used to read data on hard disks Medicine: Mario R. Capecchi (U.S.), Sir Martin J. Evans (U.K.), and Oliver Smithies (U.S.) for “their discoveries of principles for introducing specific gene modifications in mice by the use of embryonic stem cells” Chemistry: Gerhard Ertl (Germany) for “his studies of chemical processes on solid surfaces” Literature: Doris Lessing (U.K.) “that epicist of the female experience, who with skepticism, fire and visionary power has subjected a divided civilization to scrutiny” Peace: Al Gore (U.S.) and the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (Switzerland) for “their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change” Economics: Leonid Hurwicz (U.S.), Eric S. Maskin (U.S.), and Roger B. Myerson (U.S.) “for having laid the foundations of mechanism design theory”
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- Physics: Albert Fert (France) and Peter Grünberg (Germany) for “the discovery of giant magnetoresistance,” the technology used to read data on hard disks Medicine: Mario R. Capecchi (U.S.), Sir Martin J. Evans (U.K.), and Oliver Smithies (U.S.) for “their discoveries of principles for introducing specific gene modifications in mice by the use of embryonic stem cells” Chemistry: Gerhard Ertl (Germany) for “his studies of chemical processes on solid surfaces” Literature: Doris Lessing (U.K.) “that epicist of the female experience, who with skepticism, fire and visionary power has subjected a divided civilization to scrutiny” Peace: Al Gore (U.S.) and the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (Switzerland) for “their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change” Economics: Leonid Hurwicz (U.S.), Eric S. Maskin (U.S.), and Roger B. Myerson (U.S.) “for having laid the foundations of mechanism design theory”
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TrendingHere are the facts and trivia that people are buzzing about.
Did Birds Evolve from Dinosaurs?
The Twelve Dancing Princesses
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Andersen’s Fairy Tales: Contents
The Celtic Twilight: A Teller of Tales
TrendingHere are the facts and trivia that people are buzzing about.
Did Birds Evolve from Dinosaurs?
The Twelve Dancing Princesses
Current Events This Week: January 2023
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Andersen’s Fairy Tales: Contents
The Celtic Twilight: A Teller of Tales
- Did Birds Evolve from Dinosaurs?
- The Twelve Dancing Princesses
- Current Events This Week: January 2023
- African Americans by the Numbers
- Andersen’s Fairy Tales: Contents
- The Celtic Twilight: A Teller of Tales