2001 Nobel Prizes

none The 2001 Nobel Prizes were awarded by the Nobel Foundation, based in Sweden. Six categories were awarded: Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, Peace, and Economic Sciences.Ulaby Neda October 6, 2005 Nobel Academy Silent on Literature Prize https://www.npr.org/2005/10/06/4947464/nobel-academy-silent-on-literature-prize NPR Nobel Week took place from December 6 to 12, including programming such as lectures, dialogues, and discussions. The award ceremony and banquet for the Peace Prize were scheduled in Oslo on December 10, while the award ceremony and banquet for all other categories were scheduled for the same day in Stockholm.2013-06-01 The Nobel Peace Prize Award Ceremony 2001 https://www.nobelprize.org/ceremony/the-nobel-peace-prize-award-ceremony-2001-2001/ 2024-12-10 NobelPrize.org en-USRoyen Ulrika 2014-03-06 Photo gallery - The Nobel Prize Award Ceremony 2001 https://www.nobelprize.org/ceremony/the-nobel-prize-award-ceremony-2001/ 2024-12-10 NobelPrize.org en-US Prizes Physics +Awardee(s)100x100pxEric Allin Cornell (b. 1961)United States American"for the achievement of Bose–Einstein condensation in dilute gases of alkali atoms, and for early fundamental studies of the properties of the condensates"The Nobel Prize in Physics 2001 http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2001/index.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20081019182316/http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2001/index.html 19 October 2008 9 October 2008 Nobel Foundation93x93pxCarl Wieman (b. 1951)101x101pxWolfgang Ketterle (b. 1957)Germany German Chemistry Awardee(s)75x75pxWilliam S. Knowles (1917–2012)United States American"for their work on chirally catalysed hydrogenation reactions"The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2001 http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/2001/index.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20081219165945/http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/2001/index.html 19 December 2008 6 October 2008 Nobel Foundation103x103px|Ryōji NoyoriRyōji Noyori (b. 1938)Japan Japanese97x97px|Barry SharplessK. Barry Sharpless (b. 1941)United States American"for his work on chirally catalysed oxidation reactions" Physiology or Medicine Awardee(s)75x75pxLeland H. Hartwell (b. 1939)United States"for their discoveries of key regulators of the cell cycle"The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2001 https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/2001/index.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20070718160029/http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/2001/index.html 18 July 2007 28 July 2007 Nobel Foundation90x90pxSir Tim Hunt (b. 1943)United Kingdom94x94pxSir Paul M. Nurse (b. 1949) Literature 2001 Nobel Prize in Literature Awardee(s)90x90pxVidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul (1932–2018)United Kingdom Trinidad and Tobago"for having united perceptive narrative and incorruptible scrutiny in works that compel us to see the presence of suppressed histories"Nobel Prize in Literature 2001 https://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/2001/index.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20160201013651/http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/2001/index.html 2016-02-01 2008-10-17 Nobel Foundation Peace 2001 Nobel Peace Prize Awardee(s)75x75pxUnited NationsUnited Nations"for their work for a better organized and more peaceful world."The Nobel Peace Prize 2001 https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2001/index.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20081017213227/http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2001/index.html 2008-10-17 2008-10-20 Nobel Foundation94x94pxKofi Annan (1938–2018)Ghana Economic Sciences Awardee(s)100x100pxGeorge Akerlof (b. 1940)United States"for their analyses of markets with information asymmetry"The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2001 http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/economics/laureates/2001/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20081017151104/http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/economics/laureates/2001/ 2008-10-17 2008-10-14 Nobel Foundation92x92pxMichael Spence (b. 1943)103x103pxJoseph Stiglitz (b. 1943) References Category:Nobel Prize by year Category:2001 awards