(Awards) Nobel Prize 2009 and all Laureates

Nobel Prize 2009 and all Laureates

The Nobel Prize (Swedish: Nobelpriset) is a Sweden-based international monetary prize. The award was established by the 1895 will and estate of Swedish chemist and inventor Alfred Nobel. It was first awarded in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Peace in 1901. An associated prize, The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, was instituted by Sweden's central bank in 1968 and first awarded in 1969. The Nobel Prizes in the specific disciplines (Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Literature) and the Prize in Economics, which is commonly identified with them, are widely regarded as the most prestigious award one can receive in those fields. The Nobel Peace Prize conveys social prestige and is often politically controversial.

About Nobel:

• Awarded for: Outstanding contributions in Physics, Chemistry, Literature, Peace, and Physiology or Medicine.
  The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, commonly identified with the Nobel Prize, is awarded for outstanding contributions in Economics.
• Presented by: Swedish Academy Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
  Karolinska Institutet Norwegian Nobel Committee
• Country: Sweden, (Norway)
• First awarded: 1901

The Nobel Prize 2009

Name	Awarded For	Photo
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan	Chemistry
Thomas A. Steitz	Chemistry
Ada E. Yonath	Chemistry
Herta Müller	Literatur e
Elizabeth H. Blackburn	Medicine
Carol W. Greider	Medicine
Jack W. Szostak	Medicine
Barack Obama	Peace
Willard S. Boyle	Physics
Charles K. Kao	Physics
George E. Smith	Physics
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