2012 Nobel Prizes
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The 2012 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 |date=2012-12-10 |title=Nobel Prizes 2012 |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/nobel-prizes-2012/ |access-date=2024-12-10 |website=www.cbsnews.com |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=Video - The 2012 Nobel Peace Prize Award Ceremony |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/ceremony/the-2012-nobel-peace-prize-award-ceremony/ |access-date=2024-12-10 |website=NobelPrize.org |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Royen |first=Ulrika |date=2015-01-08 |title=Photo gallery - The Nobel Prize Award Ceremony 2012 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/ceremony/the-nobel-prize-award-ceremony-2012/ |access-date=2024-12-10 |website=NobelPrize.org |language=en-US}}
Prizes
= Physics =
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(b. 1944) |{{flagdeco|France|1974}} French | rowspan="2" |"for ground-breaking experimental methods that enable measuring and manipulation of individual quantum systems." | rowspan="2" |{{cite web |title=The Nobel Prize in Physics 2012 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2012/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011232400/http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2012/index.html |archive-date=11 October 2012 |access-date=9 October 2012 |publisher=Nobel Foundation}} |
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(b. 1944) |{{flagdeco|United States}} American |
= Chemistry =
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(b. 1943) | rowspan="2" |{{flagdeco|United States}} American | rowspan="2" |"for studies of G-protein-coupled receptors" |
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(b. 1955) |
= Physiology or Medicine =
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|Sir John B. Gurdon (b. 1933) |{{flag|United Kingdom}} | rowspan="2" |"for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to become pluripotent" |
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(b. 1962) |{{flag|Japan}} |
= Literature =
{{Main page|2012 Nobel Prize in Literature}}
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(b. 1955) |{{flag|China}} |"who with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history and the contemporary" |
= Peace =
{{Main page|2012 Nobel Peace Prize}}
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(founded 1958) |European Union |"for over six decades contributed to the advancement of peace and reconciliation, democracy and human rights in Europe." |
= Economic Sciences =
Controversies
= Peace =
The Peace Prize's awarding to the European Union drew various criticisms from Eurosceptics and both Europe's far-left and far-right; detractors questioned the union's alleged record of peacemaking activities and peace outcomes.{{cite news |last1=Volkery |first1=Carsten |date=12 October 2012 |title=Euroskeptics Deride Nobel Honor for European Union - SPIEGEL ONLINE |url=http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/euroskeptics-deride-nobel-honor-for-european-union-a-861051.html |access-date=2012-10-13 |newspaper=Der Spiegel |publisher=Spiegel.de}}{{cite web |title=The Associated Press: EU detractors slam Nobel Peace Prize decision |url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gCK26d4t1W39K1bkNBxG1InkTSjg?docId=5875a885496747ab99ebd3d8a3e50548 |access-date=2012-10-13}}{{dead link|date=June 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}{{cite news |last=Steinhauser |first=Gabriele |date=12 October 2012 |title=European Union Wins Nobel Peace Prize - WSJ.com |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10000872396390444799904578051960191363312 |access-date=2012-10-13 |newspaper=Wall Street Journal |publisher=Online.wsj.com}} Previous laureates Desmond Tutu, Mairead Maguire and Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, in an open letter written to the Nobel Foundation, also criticized the awarding on the basis of the European Union's imposition of "... security based on military force and waging wars rather than insisting on the need for an alternative approach".{{cite news |date=30 November 2012 |title=Desmond Tutu, other Nobel Peace Prize laureates contest 2012 winner choice of EU |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/desmond-tutu-2-other-nobel-peace-prize-laureates-contest-2012-winner-choice-of-eu/2012/11/30/c59663ac-3af2-11e2-9258-ac7c78d5c680_story.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121201052535/http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/desmond-tutu-2-other-nobel-peace-prize-laureates-contest-2012-winner-choice-of-eu/2012/11/30/c59663ac-3af2-11e2-9258-ac7c78d5c680_story.html |archive-date=1 December 2012 |access-date=30 November 2012 |newspaper=The Washington Post |agency=Associated Press}}
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