2010 Nobel Prize Winners

2010 NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS 

(COURTESY : http://nobelprize.org)

THE NOBEL PRIZE IN PHYSICS
Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov "for groundbreaking experiments regarding the two-dimensional material graphene"

THE NOBEL PRIZE IN CHEMISTRY
Richard F. Heck, Ei-ichi Negishi and Akira Suzuki "for palladium-catalyzed cross couplings in organic synthesis"

THE NOBEL PRIZE IN PHYSIOLOGY OR MEDICINE
Robert G. Edwards "for the development of in vitro fertilization"

THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE
Mario Vargas Llosa "for his cartography of structures of power and his trenchant images of the individual's resistance, revolt, and defeat"

THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
Liu Xiaobo "for his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China"

THE PRIZE IN ECONOMIC SCIENCES
Peter A. Diamond, Dale T. Mortensen and Christopher A. Pissarides "for their analysis of markets with search frictions"

THE NOBEL PRIZE IN PHYSICS

Andre Geim, Konstantin Novoselov

Andre Geim

Born: 1 October 1958, Sochi, Russia

Affiliation at the time of the award:University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Prize motivation: "for groundbreaking experiments regarding the two-dimensional material graphene"

Konstantin Novoselov

Born: 23 August 1974, Nizhny Tagil, Russia

Affiliation at the time of the award:University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Prize motivation: "for groundbreaking experiments regarding the two-dimensional material graphene"

THE NOBEL PRIZE IN CHEMISTRY
Richard F. Heck, Ei-ichi Negishi, Akira Suzuki

Richard F. Heck

Ei-ichi Negishi

Akira Suzuki

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2010 was awarded jointly to Richard F. Heck, Ei-ichi Negishi and Akira Suzuki "for palladium-catalyzed cross couplings in organic synthesis".

THE NOBEL PRIZE IN PHYSIOLOGY OR MEDICINE
Robert G. Edwards

Robert G. Edwards

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2010 was awarded to Robert G. Edwards "for the development of in vitro fertilization"

THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE
Mario Vargas Llosa

Mario Vargas Llosa

The Nobel Prize in Literature 2010 was awarded to Mario Vargas Llosa "for his cartography of structures of power and his trenchant images of the individual's resistance, revolt, and defeat".

THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
Liu Xiaobo

Liu Xiaobo

The Nobel Peace Prize 2010 was awarded to Liu Xiaobo "for his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China".

THE PRIZE IN ECONOMIC SCIENCES

Peter A. Diamond, Dale T. Mortensen, Christopher A. Pissarides

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Peter A. Diamond

Dale T. Mortensen

Christopher A. Pissarides

The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2010 was awarded jointly to Peter A. Diamond, Dale T. Mortensen and Christopher A. Pissarides "for their analysis of markets with search frictions".