2012 Nobel Prize

10

laureates

6

fields

2012

Nobel Prize

Physics

Nobel Prize in Physics

2012 Nobel Prize in Physics

for ground-breaking experimental methods that enable measuring and manipulation of individual quantum systems

Serge Haroche
Serge Haroche

FranceFrance

David J. Wineland
David J. Wineland

United States of AmericaUnited States of America

Chemistry

Nobel Prize in Chemistry

2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

for studies of G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs)

Robert Joseph Lefkowitz
Robert Joseph Lefkowitz

United States of AmericaUnited States of America

Brian Kent Kobilka
Brian Kent Kobilka

United States of AmericaUnited States of America

Physiology, Medicine

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to become pluripotent

John Gurdon
John Gurdon

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Shinya Yamanaka
Shinya Yamanaka

JapanJapan

Literature

Nobel Prize in Literature

2012 Nobel Prize in Literature

for his work that, with hallucinatory realism, merges folk tales, history and the contemporary

Mo Yan
Mo Yan

ChinaChina

Peace

Nobel Peace Prize

2012 Nobel Peace Prize

for over six decades of contributions to peace, reconciliation, democracy and human rights in Europe

European Union
European Union

European UnionEuropean Union

Economic Sciences

Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences

2012 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences

for the theory of stable allocations and the practice of market design

Alvin Roth
Alvin Roth

United States of AmericaUnited States of America

Lloyd Shapley
Lloyd Shapley

United States of AmericaUnited States of America