Nobel Prize 2019: Lists of Prizes and Laureates
Nobel Prize 2019: Nobel Prize is a set of annual international awards administered by the Nobel Foundation in Stockholm, Sweden. It is awarded for the bestowed contributions in several categories in recognition of academic, cultural, or scientific advances. The prizes are widely regarded as the most prestigious awards available in their respective fields.
The will of Swedish scientist Alfred Nobel established five Nobel prizes in 1895. The prizes in Chemistry, Literature, Peace, Physics, and Physiology or Medicine were first awarded in 1901.
It is the 110th prize in the category that has been awarded since 1901.
Who is Nobel Prize Laureate?
Laurate is a person or organisation who is awarded Nobel Prize is known as Nobel Laureate. The word "laureate" refers as a laurel wreath. In ancient Greece, it refers as a sign of honour.
List of Nobel Prizes and Laureates 2019
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Nobel Prizes and Laureates 2019 |
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| Nobel Laureates | Field | Contribution |
| William G. Kaelin Jr (New York City) | Physiology or Medicine | For discovering how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability |
| Sir Peter J. Ratcliffe ( Morecambe, United Kingdom) |
Physiology or Medicine | For discovering how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability |
| Gregg L. Semenza ( Flushing, New York, United States) |
Physiology or Medicine | For discovering how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability |
| James Peebles | Physics | Theoretical discoveries in physical cosmology |
| Michel Mayor | Physics | For the discovery of an exoplanet orbiting a solar-type star |
| Didier Queloz | Physics | For the discovery of an exoplanet orbiting a solar-type star |
| John B. Goodenough | Chemistry | For the development of lithium-ion batteries |
| M. Stanley Whittingham | Chemistry | For the development of lithium-ion batteries |
| Akira Yoshino | Chemistry | For the development of lithium-ion batteries |
| Abhijit Banerjee | Economics | For the experimental approach to alleviating global poverty |
| Esther Duflo | Economics | For the experimental approach to alleviating global poverty |
| Michael Kremer | Economics | For the experimental approach to alleviating global poverty |
The winners of Nobel Prizes 2019 including two literature laureates and the coveted Nobel Peace Prize are to be announced over the next week.
The double-header Literature Prizes will be awarded Thursday and the Peace Prize will be announced on Friday.
The economics prize — officially known as the Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel — will be awarded on October 14.
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