The Nobel Prize in Physics 2015

  • The Nobel Prize in Physics 2015 was awarded jointly to Takaaki Kajita and Arthur B. McDonald “for the discovery of neutrino oscillations, which shows that neutrinos have mass“

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2015

  • The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2015 was awarded jointly to Tomas Lindahl, Paul Modrich and Aziz Sancar “for mechanistic studies of DNA repair“.

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2015

  • The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2015 was divided, one half jointly to William C. Campbell and Satoshi Ōmura “for their discoveries concerning a novel therapy against infections caused by roundworm parasites” and the other half to Youyou Tu “for her discoveries concerning a novel therapy against Malaria“.

The Nobel Prize in Literature 2015

  • The Nobel Prize in Literature 2015 was awarded to Svetlana Alexievich “for her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time”.

The Nobel Peace Prize 2015

  • The Nobel Peace Prize 2015 was awarded to National Dialogue Quartet “for its decisive contribution to the building of a pluralistic democracy in Tunisia in the wake of the Jasmine Revolution of 2011“.

The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2015

  • The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2015 was awarded to Angus Deaton “for his analysis of consumption, poverty, and welfare“. He was from Edinburgh, United Kingdom.

History of Nobel Prize:

The Nobel Prizes are annual awards bestowed by Scandinavian committees in different fields. The will of the Swedish chemist, Alfred Nobel, the inventor of “Dynamite” established the prize in 1895. The prizes in Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Literature and Peace were first awarded in the year 1901.

  • The Peace prize is awarded in Oslo (capital of Norway) while the other prizes are awarded in Stockholm (capital of Sweden).
  • In 1968, Sveriges Riksbank instituted an award that is often associated with Nobel prizes i.e. the award in Economic Sciences. The first such prize was awarded in 1969. Although it is not an official Nobel Prize, its announcements and presentations are made along with the other prizes.
  • Each Nobel recipient receives a gold medal, a diploma and a sum of money which depends on the income of Nobel’s foundation.
  • The prize is not awarded posthumously and a prize may not be shared among more than three people.