Alfred Nobel signed his last will on 27th November 1895, giving the largest share of his fortune to a series of prizes in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature and Peace - the Nobel Prizes. ( Image courtesy Nobelprize.org)
Alfred Nobel signed his last will on 27th November 1895, giving the largest share of his fortune to a series of prizes in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature and Peace - the Nobel Prizes. ( Image courtesy Nobelprize.org)
Nobel Prize for Physics: Three U.S. based astrophysicists Kip Thorne, Rainer Weiss, Barry Barish, for their discovery of gravitational waves, a phenomenon Albert Einstein predicted a century ago in his theory of general relativity. ( Photo| AP)
It's an entirely new type of astronomy, with experts comparing it to Galileo's observations of the solar system. There's information in gravitational waves that cannot be found elsewhere. ( Photo| AP)
Nobel Prize for Chemistry: Three researchers Joachim Frank, Richard Henderson, Jacques Dubochet, for developing a microscope technique. ( Photo| AP)
The microscope technique lets scientists see exquisite details of the molecules that drive life — basically providing a front-row seat to study these tiny performers in their biological dance. ( Photo| AP)
'I thought the chances of a Nobel Prize were minuscule because there are so many other innovations and discoveries that happen almost every day,' said Joachim Frank. ( Photo| AP)
Nobel Prize for Medicine: The award was given to three Americans Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael for discovering key genetic 'gears' of the body's 24-hour biological clock. | AP
They 'were able to peek inside our biological clock' and discover details of its inner workings, the Nobel citation said. IN PIC: Jeffrey C. Hall speaks to a reporter at his home. ( Photo| AP)
Nobel Prize for Literature: Kazuo Ishiguro, the Japanese-born British novelist who in 'The Remains of the Day,' ''Never Let Me Go' and other novels captured memory's lasting pain and dangerous illusions in precise and elegant prose, won the award. ( Photo| AP)
Salman Rushdie said 'The Remains of the day' is a brilliant subversion of the fictional modes from which it seems at first to descend. Death, change, pain and evil invade the innocent Wodehouse-world. ( Photo| AP)
Nobel Prize for Peace: The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons won the award 'for its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition of such weapons.' ( Photo| AP)
ICAN director Beatrice Fihn said the award 'sends a message to all nuclear-armed states and all states that continue to rely on nuclear weapons for security that it is unacceptable behaviour.'( Photo| AP)
Nobel Prize for Economics: Richard Thaler, an economist at the famous University of Chicago, who is known for the classical economic theories won the award for his studies on the decision-making process behind why people buy or spend the way they do. ( Photo| AP)
It has long been known that, contrary to economic theory, people are not rational in their financial decisions. And this irrationality affects more than just the individuals who make the wrong choices. ( Photo| AP)
