Nobel Prize Winners List 2009; All Categories
The Nobel Peace Prize 2009
"Barack Obama"
"for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples"
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2009
"Charles K. Kao, Williard S. Boyle and George E. Smith"
"for groundbreaking achievements concerning the transmission of light in fibers for optical communication"
"for the invention of an imaging semiconductor circuit – the CCD sensor"
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2009
"Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Thomas A. Steitz and Ada E. Yonath"
"for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome"
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2009
"Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Carol W. Greider and Jack W. Szostak"
"for the discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase"
The Nobel Prize in Literature 2009
"Herta Muller"
"who, with the concentration of poetry and the frankness of prose, depicts the landscape of the dispossessed"
The Nobel Prize in Economics 2009
"Elinor Ostrom"
"for her analysis of economic governance, especially the commons"
"Oliver E. Williamson"
"for his analysis of economic governance, especially the boundaries of the firm"
"Barack Obama"
"for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples"
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2009
"Charles K. Kao, Williard S. Boyle and George E. Smith"
"for groundbreaking achievements concerning the transmission of light in fibers for optical communication"
"for the invention of an imaging semiconductor circuit – the CCD sensor"
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2009
"Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Thomas A. Steitz and Ada E. Yonath"
"for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome"
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2009
"Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Carol W. Greider and Jack W. Szostak"
"for the discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase"
The Nobel Prize in Literature 2009
"Herta Muller"
"who, with the concentration of poetry and the frankness of prose, depicts the landscape of the dispossessed"
The Nobel Prize in Economics 2009
"Elinor Ostrom"
"for her analysis of economic governance, especially the commons"
"Oliver E. Williamson"
"for his analysis of economic governance, especially the boundaries of the firm"
