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for studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity

Daron Acemoglu

Turkey, United States of America

James A. Robinson

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Simon Johnson

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America

for its long-standing efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons and for demonstrating through survivor testimony that nuclear weapons must never be used again, as well as for its extraordinary contribution to establishing the nuclear taboo

Development of computational methods for protein design

David Baker

United States of America

Development of programs for protein structure prediction

Demis Hassabis

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

John M. Jumper

United States of America

for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life

Han Kang

Korea (the Republic of)

for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks

Geoffrey Hinton

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

John Hopfield

United States of America

for the discovery of microRNA and its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation

Gary Ruvkun

United States of America

Victor Ambros

United States of America

"Dance music has been played for thousands of years. However, there are few in history, if any, who have composed dance music as sophisticated and subtly arranged as Nile Rodgers. It is fitting that his group was named Chic: elegance is part of his musical hallmark. As a composer, producer and guitarist, Nile Rodgers turned disco and funk into an art form. His chop chord style of guitar playing, which he calls chucking, creates a hypnotic swing that has kept millions grooving on the dance floor. The songs created by Nile Rodgers for Chic, Sister Sledge, Diana Ross, David Bowie, Madonna, Daft Punk and many others are so well-crafted that they will outlive us all."

"His breakthrough came in 1983 when he conducted Mahler's Symphony No. 3. As a composer, Esa-Pekka shares many similarities with Gustav Mahler. They have been equally prominent both as conductors and composers, and characterised by the same artistic curiosity. On stage and in the studio, Esa-Pekka Salonen embraces technological innovations, not simply for the sake of experimentation, but as a way to help people discover great music in the constantly changing world of media. Esa-Pekka Salonen is a master of tone in soul and heart. With his resolute baton, he not only guides symphony orchestras but points the way for all classical music."