Paul Krugman (b. 1953) of USA wins this year’s The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2008 for his analysis of trade patterns and location of economic activity.
Source : Nobelprize.org
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The Nobel Peace Prize 2008
Martti Ahtisaari (b.1937) of Finland won this years Peace Nobel for his important efforts, on several continents and over more than three decades, to resolve international conflicts.
Source : Nobelprize.org
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The Nobel Prize in Literature 2008
Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio (b.1940) of France wins this years Nobel Prize in Literature because he is an author of new departures, poetic adventure and sensual ecstasy, explorer of a humanity beyond and below the reigning civilization
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2008
Osamu Shimomura (b.1928, Japanese, but won the nobel in USA), Martin Chalfie (b.1947, USA) and Roger Y. Tsien (b.1952, Chinese-American) share the Nobel Prize in Chemistry cash award (of 10,000,000 Swedish kronor = 68.3089588 million Indian rupees, thus getting 22.7696529 million INR) each for the discovery and development of the green fluorescent protein, GFP
Source : Nobelprize.org
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The Nobel Prize in Physics 2008
Yoichiro Nambu (b. 1921) of USA wins 1/2 of the prize for the discovery of the mechanism of spontaneous broken symmetry in subatomic physics.
Makoto Kobayashi (b.1944) and Toshihide Maskawa (b.1940), both from Japan will get 1/4 of the prize for the discovery of the origin of the broken symmetry which predicts the existence of at least three families of quarks in nature.
Source : Nobelprize.org
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The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2008
This years Nobel Prize for medicine is shared by three European scientists who discovered viruses that cause cervical cancer and AIDS.
Harald zur Hausen (b. 1936) (Tel.: (06221) 42 – 28 50), a German virologist, who discovered the human papilloma viruses (H.P.V.), thus leading to the development of vaccines (Gardasil and Cervarix) against cervical cancer – the second most common cancer among women after breast cancer – will recieve half the award (5 000 000 Swedish kronor = 32.9111834 million Indian rupees).Françoise Barré-Sinoussi (b. 1947) and Luc Montagnier (b. 1932), both from France, will share the other half of the award (2 500 000 Swedish kronor = 16.4555917 million Indian rupees) but will get full medals and certificates for their discovery of human immunodeficiency virus, which needs no introduction.
Sources :
1) NobelPrize.org
2) The New York Times