Nobel Prize 2020 laureates in Physics, Chemistry, Literature, Medicine and Peace have already been named
From October 5 to 12 the 119th Nobel Week is held in Sweden and Norway.
Today the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize 2020 is named, it was received by the UN World Food Program. In a statement of the Nobel Committee it is written that the prize program is given for the fight against hunger around the world and for helping victims of military conflicts.
The day before, the Nobel Prize in Physics 2020 was awarded to three contenders at once – Roger Penrose “for the discovery that the formation of a black hole is a reliable prediction of the general theory of relativity,” Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Gezo “for the discovery of a supermassive compact object in the center of our galaxy.
The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2020 went to the American poetess, professor of English at Yale University, Luisa Gluck, “for her unmistakable poetic voice.
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2020 went to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Dudna “for developing a method of genome editing … that will lead to revolutionary new treatments.
This year’s first Nobel Prize in Medicine and Physiology for the discovery of the hepatitis C virus was awarded to scientists Michael Houghton, Harvey Alter and Charles Rice.
The amount of the prize in 2020 was 10 million Swedish kroner, which is about $1.1 million.
