Nobel Laureates 2001

Physics:
Eric A. Cornell thumb pictureWolfgang Ketterle thumb pictureCarl E. Wieman thumb picture Eric A. Cornell, Wolfgang Ketterle and Carl E. Wieman "for the achievement of Bose-Einstein condensation in dilute gases of alkali atoms, and for early fundamental studies of the properties of the condensates"Arrow link
Chemistry:
William S. Knowles thumb pictureRyoji Noyori thumb picture William S. Knowles and Ryoji Noyori "for their work on chirally catalysed hydrogenation reactions" K. Barry Sharpless thumb picture K. Barry Sharpless "for his work on chirally catalysed oxidation reactions"Arrow link
Physiology or Medicine:
Leland H. Hartwell thumb pictureTim Hunt thumb pictureSir Paul M. Nurse thumb picture Leland H. Hartwell, Tim Hunt and Sir Paul M. Nurse "for their discoveries of key regulators of the cell cycle"Arrow link
Literature:
Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul thumb picture Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul "for having united perceptive narrative and incorruptible scrutiny in works that compel us to see the presence of suppressed histories"Arrow link
Peace:
United Nations (U.N.) thumb pictureKofi Annan thumb picture United Nations (U.N.) and Kofi Annan "for their work for a better organized and more peaceful world"Arrow link
Prize in Economics:
George A. Akerlof thumb pictureA. Michael Spence thumb pictureJoseph E. Stiglitz thumb picture George A. Akerlof, A. Michael Spence and Joseph E. Stiglitz "for their analyses of markets with asymmetric information"Arrow link