Nobel Prizes 2010
Every year since 1901 the Nobel Prize has been awarded for achievements in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature and for peace. The Nobel Prize is an international award administered by the Nobel Foundation in Stockholm, Sweden. In 1968, Sveriges Riksbank established The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, founder of the Nobel Prize. Each prize consists of a medal, personal diploma, and a cash award.
- Medicine or Physiology
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Awarded to Robert G. Edwards "for the development of in vitro fertilization".
- Physics
Awarded jointly to Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov
for groundbreaking experiments "regarding the two-dimensional material graphene".
Awarded jointly to Richard F. Heck, Ei-ichi Negishi and Akira Suzuki
for palladium-catalyzed cross couplings in organic synthesis.
Awarded to Mario Vargas Llosa
for his "cartography of structures of power and his trenchant images of the individual’s resistance, revolt, and defeat". See his works on the library catalogue.
Awarded to Liu Xiaobo
for his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China.
Awarded jointly to Peter A. Diamond, Dale T. Mortensen and Christopher A. Pissarides
for their analysis of markets with search frictions.
More information on the prize and prize winners can be found on the Nobel Prize website and on the libraries Nobel Prize webpage.
