2004 Nobel Prizes
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The 2004 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.{{Cite web |title=All Nobel Prizes |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/lists/all-nobel-prizes/2009-2000/ |access-date=2024-12-10 |website=NobelPrize.org |language=en-US}}
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.{{Cite web |last=Royen |first=Ulrika |date=2013-06-01 |title=The Nobel Peace Prize Award Ceremony 2004 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/ceremony/the-nobel-peace-prize-award-ceremony-2004-2004/ |access-date=2024-12-10 |website=NobelPrize.org |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=The Nobel Prize in Literature 2004 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/2004/award-video/ |access-date=2024-12-10 |website=NobelPrize.org |language=en-US}}
Prizes
= Physics =
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(b. 1941) | rowspan="3" |{{flagdeco|United States}} American | rowspan="3" |"for the discovery of asymptotic freedom in the theory of the strong interaction" | rowspan="3" |{{cite web |title=The Nobel Prize in Physics 2004 |url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2004/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081024052705/http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2004/index.html |archive-date=24 October 2008 |access-date=9 October 2008 |publisher=Nobel Foundation}} |
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(b. 1949) |
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(b. 1951) |
= Chemistry =
= Physiology or Medicine =
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(b. 1946) | rowspan="2" |{{flag|United States}} | rowspan="2" |"for their discoveries of odorant receptors and the organization of the olfactory system" |
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(b. 1947) |
= Literature =
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(b. 1946) |{{flag|Austria}} |"for her musical flow of voices and counter-voices in novels and plays that with extraordinary linguistic zeal reveal the absurdity of society's clichés and their subjugating power" |
= Peace =
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(1940–2011) |{{Flag|Kenya}} |"for her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace." |
= Economic Sciences =
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(b. 1943) |{{flag|Norway}} | rowspan="2" |"for their contributions to dynamic macroeconomics: the time consistency of economic policy and the driving forces behind business cycles" |
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(1940–2022) |{{flag|United States}} |
Controversies
= Peace =
Maathai was criticized for her past comments—reported by the Kenyan newspaper The Standard and Radio Free Europe—stating that HIV/AIDS was developed by western scientists and unleashed upon Africa. Maathai denied having stated them, though The Standard stood by its reporting, and Maathai later hinted in a Time interview that she believed HIV had a non-natural origin, saying that someone knows where it came from and that it "did not come from monkeys".Sindelar, Daisy (10 December 2004). [http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2004/12/bf4adbd1-fba8-4ae6-b68b-fa5bcb171f1a.html "Africa's First Female Nobel Peace Laureate Accepts Award Amid Controversy Over AIDS Remarks"]. Rferl.org. Retrieved 5 August 2013.[https://web.archive.org/web/20070312045031/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,901041018-713166,00.html "10 Questions: Wangari Maathai"]. Time (10 October 2004). Retrieved 20 March 2011.
= Literature =
Shortly before the 2005 Nobel Prizes, Nobel Foundation member Knut Ahnlund resigned and stated publicly that Jelinek's awarding of the 2004 Nobel Prize in Literature "caused irreparable harm to the value for the foreseeable future" due to Jelinek's "whingeing, unenjoyable, and violent pornography" in her work. Academy head Horace Engdahl later stated that Ahnlund's activity in the academy during and prior to the decision of Jilenek's awarding was minimal and that he thus hadn't been a part of prize deliberations whatsoever.{{Cite web |title=Nobel member quits over 2004 prize |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2005/10/11/nobel-member-quits-over-2004-prize |access-date=2024-12-10 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}
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