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Nobel Prizes are announced annually by the respective institutes in six different fields – Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Physics, Chemistry and Economics Sciences, the Swedish Academy in Literature, the Karolinska Institue in Physiology or Medicine, and the Norwegian Nobel Committee in Peace. The Noble Prizes are awarded to organizations and individuals for their outstanding performance in the above-mentioned fields. In this blog, we will share with you all the details of the Noble Prize Winners 2020 which is important from the examination point of view.

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The Nobel Prize Winners 2020 In Economic Sciences Are:

1. Paul R. Milgrom
2. Robert B. Wilson

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2020 to Paul R. Milgrom and Robert B. Wilson “for improvements to auction theory and inventions of new auction formats”.

About The Winners:

1. Paul R. Milgrom

• The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2020
• Born: 20 April 1948, Detroit, MI, USA
• Affiliation at the time of the award: Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
• Prize motivation: “for improvements to auction theory and inventions of new auction formats.”
• Prize share: 1/2 of the total prize

2. Robert B. Wilson

• The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2020
• Born: 1937, Geneva, NE, USA
• Affiliation at the time of the award: Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
• Prize motivation: “for improvements to auction theory and inventions of new auction formats.”
• Prize share: 1/2 of the total prize.

The Nobel Prize Winner 2020 In Peace Is:

1. World Food Programme

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2020 to the World Food Programme (WFP). The World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian organization addressing hunger and promoting food security. In 2019, the WFP provided assistance to close to 100 million people in 88 countries who are victims of acute food insecurity and hunger.

About The Winner:

• The Nobel Peace Prize 2020
• Prize motivation: “for its efforts to combat hunger, for its contribution to bettering conditions for peace in conflict-affected areas
• and for acting as a driving force in efforts to prevent the use of hunger as a weapon of war and conflict.”
• Prize share: 1/1

The Nobel Prize Winner 2020 In Literature Is:

1. Louise Gluck

The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2020 is awarded to the American poet Louise Glück “for her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal”.

About the Winner:

1. The Nobel Prize in Literature 2020
2. Born: 1943, New York, NY, USA
3. Prize motivation: “for her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal.”
4. Prize share: 1/1

The Nobel Prize Winners 2020 In Chemistry Are:

1. Emmanuelle Charpentier
2. Jennifer A. Doudna

The 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry is awarded to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna “for the development of a method for genome editing”.

About The Winners

1. Emmanuelle Charpentier

• The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020
• Born: 11 December 1968, Juvisy-sur-Orge, France
• Affiliation at the time of the award: Max Planck Unit for the Science of Pathogens, Berlin, Germany
• Prize motivation: “for the development of a method for genome editing.”
• Prize share: 1/2 of the total prize

2. Jennifer A. Doudna

• The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020
• Born: 19 February 1964, Washington, DC, USA
• Affiliation at the time of the award: University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
• Prize motivation: “for the development of a method for genome editing.”
• Prize share: 1/2 of the total prize

The Nobel Prize Winners 2020 In Physics Are:

1. Roger Penrose
2. Reinhard Genzel
3. Andrea Ghez

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 2020 with one half to Roger Penrose “for the discovery that black hole formation is a robust prediction of the general theory of relativity” and the other half jointly to Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez “for the discovery of a supermassive compact object at the centre of our galaxy”.

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About The Winners

1. Roger Penrose

• The Nobel Prize in Physics 2020
• Born: 1931, Colchester, United Kingdom
• Affiliation at the time of the award: University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
• Prize motivation: “for the discovery that black hole formation is a robust prediction of the general theory of relativity.”
• Prize share: 1/2 of the total amount

2. Reinhard Genzel

• The Nobel Prize in Physics 2020
• Born: 24 March 1952, Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Germany
• Affiliation at the time of the award: University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA, Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany
• Prize motivation: “for the discovery of a supermassive compact object at the centre of our galaxy.”
• Prize share: 1/4 of the total amount.

3. Andrea Ghez

• The Nobel Prize in Physics 2020
• Born: 1965, New York, NY, USA
• Affiliation at the time of the award: University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
• Prize motivation: “for the discovery of a supermassive compact object at the centre of our galaxy.”
• Prize share: 1/4 of the total amount

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The Nobel Prize Winners 2020 In Physiology and Medicine are:

1. Harvey J. Alter
2. Michael Houghton
3. Charles M. Rice

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2020 was awarded jointly to Harvey J. Alter, Michael Houghton, and Charles M. Rice “for the discovery of Hepatitis C virus.”

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About The Winners

1. Harvey J. Alter

• The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2020
• Born: 1935, New York, NY, USA
• Affiliation at the time of the award: National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
• Prize motivation: “for the discovery of the Hepatitis C virus.”
• Prize share: 1/3 of the total amount

2. Michael Houghton

• The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2020
• Born: United Kingdom
• Affiliation at the time of the award: University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
• Prize motivation: “for the discovery of the Hepatitis C virus.”
• Prize share: 1/3 of the total amount

3. Charles M. Rice

• The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2020
• Born: 1952, Sacramento, CA, USA
• Affiliation at the time of the award: Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
• Prize motivation: “for the discovery of the Hepatitis C virus.”
• Prize share: 1/3 of the total amount

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