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The Nobel Prizes are awarded annually in several categories, including Physics, Chemistry, Medicine or Physiology, Literature, Peace, and Economic Sciences. Here’s a brief overview of Nobel Prize winners from various fields:
- Physics: Some notable winners include Albert Einstein (1921), Marie Curie (1903, shared with Pierre Curie and Henri Becquerel), Richard Feynman (1965), and Steven Weinberg (1979).
- Chemistry: Notable laureates include Marie Curie (1911, shared with her husband Pierre Curie), Linus Pauling (1954, also awarded the Peace Prize in 1962), Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin (1964), and Ahmed Zewail (1999).
- Medicine or Physiology: Some notable winners include Alexander Fleming (1945), Jonas Salk (1954), Francis Crick, James Watson, and Maurice Wilkins (1962, for the discovery of the structure of DNA), and Tu Youyou (2015).
- Literature: Some renowned recipients include Gabriel García Márquez (1982), Ernest Hemingway (1954), Toni Morrison (1993), and Kazuo Ishiguro (2017).
- Peace: Notable laureates include Martin Luther King Jr. (1964), Mother Teresa (1979), Nelson Mandela (1993, shared with Frederik Willem de Klerk), and Malala Yousafzai (2014).
- Economic Sciences: The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences was established later, in 1968, and notable laureates include Milton Friedman (1976), Amartya Sen (1998), and Paul Krugman (2008).
Each year, the Nobel Committees select laureates based on their outstanding contributions to their respective fields. These awards recognize individuals and organizations that have made significant advancements in science, literature, peace efforts, and economic understanding, contributing to the betterment of humanity.
