News from Nobelprize.org
October 13, 2006
Thank you for subscribing to the monthly newsletter from Nobelprize.org, the official website of the Nobel Foundation. This edition summarizes the results of the 2006 Nobel Prize announcements, which came to a close today with the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to Muhammad Yunus and Grameen Bank. This year just eight people have become new Nobel Laureates, fewer than for any previous year of the 21st century, and 2006 was also made particularly notable by marking the award of the 100th Nobel Prize in Physics.
Below we highlight just a tiny sample of the wealth of free, original material offered on Nobelprize.org. We welcome your feedback on any aspect of our content, so please feel free to e-mail us at editor@nobelprize.org if you have any comments.
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PEACE: BANKER TO THE POOR
Muhammad Yunus and Grameen Bank, which Professor Yunus founded 30 years ago, received the Nobel Peace Prize jointly for using micro-credit to drive economic and social development from below. See the press release.
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LITERATURE: THE CITY AND THE WORLD
The first Turkish writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize in
Literature, Orhan Pamuk's novels deal with the cultural
mix that defines his homeland. Read Nobelprize.org's 'Speed
Read' primer on Pamuk and his work.
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ECONOMICS: PUTTING THE PEOPLE BACK INTO ECONOMIC SCIENCE
Edmund Phelp's work over four decades has stressed the importance of the human factor in macroeconomic decision-making, and the balance that needs to be struck between present and future needs. His contributions are summarized in publications from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
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CHEMISTRY: "WHEN WE BEGAN IT WAS OBVIOUSLY IMPOSSIBLE"
Roger Kornberg was awarded the 2006 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for giving us a developing picture of the elegant cellular machinery that controls which pages of the book of life are to be read. Hear him describe his work in a telephone interview recorded immediately following the announcement.
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PHYSICS: ECHOES OF THE BIG BANG
John Mather and George Smoot, whose satellite observations of the cosmic background radiation look back to the birth of the universe, were jointly awarded the 100th Nobel Prize in Physics. Watch video footage of Per Carlson, Chairman of the Physics Prize Committee, discussing the award.
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MEDICINE: KILLING THE MESSENGER
Andrew Fire and Craig Mello's Nobel Prize-awarded discovery of RNA interference, a previously unrecognized natural mechanism for gene silencing, was made just eight years ago but has already inspired a whole new field of research. As with each prize, the main index page acts as the gateway to a package of information, including articles, video and audio files, and even a photo gallery.
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EXPLORE AND LEARN!
You don't have to be a genius to understand the work of the Nobel Laureates. We offer interactive games and simulations, as well as articles and helpful links, to help everyone better understand Nobel Prize-awarded achievements.
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