2007 Nobel Prizes
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The 2007 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 news |date=October 15, 2007 |title=FACTBOX: Who won the 2007 Nobel Prizes? |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/world/us/factbox-who-won-the-2007-nobel-prizes-idUSL15422775/ |work=Reuters}}
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 |date=2014-03-27 |title=Photo gallery - The Nobel Peace Prize Award Ceremony 2007 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/ceremony/the-nobel-peace-prize-award-ceremony-and-concert-2007/ |access-date=2024-12-10 |website=NobelPrize.org |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2013-06-01 |title=Video Clip - The Nobel Prize Award Ceremony 2007 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/ceremony/the-nobel-prize-award-ceremony-2007-2007/ |access-date=2024-12-10 |website=NobelPrize.org |language=en-US}}
Prizes
= Physics =
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(b. 1938) |{{flagdeco|France|1974}} French | rowspan="2" |"for the discovery of giant magnetoresistance" | rowspan="2" |{{cite web |title=The Nobel Prize in Physics 2007 |url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2007/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110805062614/http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2007/index.html |archive-date=5 August 2011 |access-date=9 October 2007 |publisher=Nobel Foundation}} |
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(1939–2018) |{{flagdeco|Germany}} German |
= Chemistry =
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(b. 1936) |{{flagdeco|Germany}} German |
= Physiology or Medicine =
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(b. 1937) |{{flag|Italy}} {{flag|United States}} | rowspan="3" |"for their discoveries of principles for introducing specific gene modifications in mice by the use of embryonic stem cells." |
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|Sir Martin Evans (b. 1941) |{{flag|United Kingdom}} |
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(1925–2017) |{{flag|United Kingdom}} {{flag|United States}} |
= Literature =
= Peace =
{{Main page|2007 Nobel Prize in Literature}}
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|Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (founded 1988) |United Nations | rowspan="2" |"for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change." |
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(born 1948) |{{Flag|United States}} |
= Economic Sciences =
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(1917–2008) |{{flag|Poland}} {{flag|United States}} | rowspan="3" |"for having laid the foundations of mechanism design theory" |
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(b. 1950) | rowspan="2" |{{flag|United States}} |
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(b. 1951) |
Controversies
= Chemistry =
Ertl, who solely won the Chemistry Prize, showed both surprise and disappointment that Gábor Somorjai, a foundational pioneer in modern surface science and catalysis, wasn't named for the prize alongside him.{{cite web |last=Jacoby |first=Mitch |title=Surface Science's Sage – April 7, 2008 Issue – Vol. 86 Issue 14 – Chemical & Engineering News |url=http://cen.acs.org/articles/86/i14/Surface-Sciences-Sage.html |website=cen.acs.org}}{{cite web |date=10 October 2007 |title=Birthday Boy Gets a Nobel |url=https://www.science.org/content/article/birthday-boy-gets-nobel}} Somorjai and Ertl had previously shared the Wolf Prize for Chemistry in 1998. The Nobel Foundation's decision to exclude Somorjai was criticized in the scientific community.{{cite web |last=Noorden2007-10-10T16:00:00+01:00 |first=Richard Van |title=Surface chemistry wins Nobel Prize |url=https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/surface-chemistry-wins-nobel-prize/3003834.article |website=Chemistry World}}
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