Nobel Prize 2016

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Nobel Prize in Physics 2016

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2016 was divided, one half awarded to David J. Thouless (Affiliation at the time of the award: University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA), the other half jointly to F. Duncan M. Haldane (Affiliation at the time of the award: Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA) and J. Michael Kosterlitz (Affiliation at the time of the award: Brown University, Providence, RI, USA) “for theoretical discoveries of topological phase transitions and topological phases of matter”.

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2016

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2016 was awarded jointly to Jean-Pierre Sauvage (Affiliation at the time of the award: University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France), Sir J. Fraser Stoddart (Affiliation at the time of the award: Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA) and Bernard L. Feringa (Affiliation at the time of the award: University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands) “for the design and synthesis of molecular machines”.

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2016

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2016 was awarded to Yoshinori Ohsumi (Affiliation at the time of the award: Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan) “for his discoveries of mechanisms for autophagy”.

Nobel Prize in Literature 2016

The Nobel Prize in Literature 2016 was awarded to Bob Dylan (American Singer) “for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition”.

Dylan has recorded a large number of albums revolving around topics such as: the social conditions of man, religion, politics and love. The lyrics have continuously been published in new editions, under the title Lyrics. As an artist, he is strikingly versatile; he has been active as painter, actor and scriptwriter.

Nobel Peace Prize 2016

The Nobel Peace Prize 2016 was awarded to Juan Manuel Santos, President of Colombia “for his resolute efforts to bring the country’s more than 50-year-long civil war to an end”.

Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences 2016

The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2016 was awarded jointly to Oliver Hart (Affiliation at the time of the award: Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA) and Bengt Holmström (Affiliation at the time of the award: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, USA) “for their contributions to contract theory”