2006 Nobel Prize

9

laureates

6

fields

2006

Nobel Prize

Physics

Nobel Prize in Physics

2006 Nobel Prize in Physics

for the discovery of the black-body form and anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background radiation (Astrophys. J. 420 (1994) 439-444; Astrophys. J. 464 (1996) L1-L4)

John C. Mather
John C. Mather

United States of AmericaUnited States of America

George F. Smoot
George F. Smoot

United States of AmericaUnited States of America

Chemistry

Nobel Prize in Chemistry

2006 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

for his studies of the molecular basis of eukaryotic transcription

Roger David Kornberg
Roger David Kornberg

United States of AmericaUnited States of America

Physiology, Medicine

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

2006 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

for the discovery of RNA interference – gene silencing by double-stranded RNA

Andrew Fire
Andrew Fire

United States of AmericaUnited States of America

Craig Mello
Craig Mello

United States of AmericaUnited States of America

Literature

Nobel Prize in Literature

2006 Nobel Prize in Literature

who, in the quest for the melancholic soul of his native city, has discovered new symbols for the clash and interlacing of cultures

Orhan Pamuk
Orhan Pamuk

TurkeyTurkey

Peace

Nobel Peace Prize

2006 Nobel Peace Prize

for their contribution to building the economic and social foundations of the poor through bottom-up development initiatives

Muhammad Yunus
Muhammad Yunus

BangladeshBangladesh

Grameen Bank

BangladeshBangladesh

Economic Sciences

Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences

2006 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences

for his analysis of intertemporal tradeoffs in macroeconomic policy

Edmund Phelps
Edmund Phelps

United States of AmericaUnited States of America