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**usman_latif_ch** · #1 16-10-2011, 01:24 PM

2011 Nobel Prize

The Nobel Peace Prize 2011
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf,
Leymah Gbowee,
Tawakkul Karman

The Nobel Peace Prize 2011 was awarded jointly to Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman "for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women’s rights to full participation in peace-building work".

The Nobel Prize in Literature 2011
Tomas Tranströmer

The Nobel Prize in Literature 2011 was awarded to Tomas Tranströmer "because, through his condensed, translucent images, he gives us fresh access to reality".

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2011
Dan Shechtman

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2011 was awarded to Dan Shechtman "for the discovery of quasicrystals".

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2011
Saul Perlmutter,
Brian P. Schmidt,
Adam G. Riess

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2011 was divided, one half awarded to Saul Perlmutter, the other half jointly to Brian P. Schmidt and Adam G. Riess "for the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the Universe through observations of distant supernovae".

2011 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Bruce A. Beutler
Jules A. Hoffmann

The 2011 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was divided, one half jointly to Bruce A. Beutler and Jules A. Hoffmann "for their discoveries concerning the activation of innate immunity" and the other half to Ralph M. Steinman "for his discovery of the dendritic cell and its role in adaptive immunity".