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Related Links Nobel Prize History Nobel Prize History Quiz Nobel Peace Prize Winners Quiz Women Nobel Prize Winners Quiz Pulitzer Prizes Below find the winners of the 2009 Nobel Prizes, including prizes for Peace, Physics, Medicine, Chemistry, Literature, and Economics. PeaceBarack Obama (U.S) for his “extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples” Physiology or MedicineElizabeth H. Blackburn, Carol W. Greider, and Jack W. Szostak (all U.S) for “the discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase” Physics One-half to Charles K. Kao (China) for “groundbreaking achievements concerning the transmission of light in fibers for optical communication,” and one-quarter to both Willard S. Boyle and George E. Smith (both U.S.) for “the invention of an imaging semiconductor circuit–the CCD sensor) ChemistryVenkatraman Ramakrishnan (UK), Thomas A. Steitz (U.S.), and Ada E. Yonath (U.S.) for “studies of the structure and function of the ribosome” LiteratureHerta Müller (Germany) “who, with the concentration of poetry and the frankness of prose, depicts the landscape of the dispossessed” EconomicsElinor Ostrom (U.S.) for “her analysis of economic governance, especially the commons” and Oliver E. Williamson (U.S.) for “his analysis of economic governance, especially the boundaries of the firm”
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Below find the winners of the 2009 Nobel Prizes, including prizes for Peace, Physics, Medicine, Chemistry, Literature, and Economics.
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PeaceBarack Obama (U.S) for his “extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples” Physiology or MedicineElizabeth H. Blackburn, Carol W. Greider, and Jack W. Szostak (all U.S) for “the discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase” Physics One-half to Charles K. Kao (China) for “groundbreaking achievements concerning the transmission of light in fibers for optical communication,” and one-quarter to both Willard S. Boyle and George E. Smith (both U.S.) for “the invention of an imaging semiconductor circuit–the CCD sensor) ChemistryVenkatraman Ramakrishnan (UK), Thomas A. Steitz (U.S.), and Ada E. Yonath (U.S.) for “studies of the structure and function of the ribosome” LiteratureHerta Müller (Germany) “who, with the concentration of poetry and the frankness of prose, depicts the landscape of the dispossessed” EconomicsElinor Ostrom (U.S.) for “her analysis of economic governance, especially the commons” and Oliver E. Williamson (U.S.) for “his analysis of economic governance, especially the boundaries of the firm”
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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
