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Business News/ Photos / All the Nobel men and women of 2015

All the Nobel men and women of 2015

6 Photos . Updated: 13 Oct 2015, 03:46 PM IST Livemint

As the Nobel prize announcements come to an end, let's look at all the winners from this year

Economics: Scottish economist Angus Deaton has won the Nobel memorial prize in economic sciences for his analysis of consumption, poverty, and welfare. AP

1/6Economics: Scottish economist Angus Deaton has won the Nobel memorial prize in economic sciences for his analysis of consumption, poverty, and welfare. AP

Literature: Svetlana Alexievich used the skills of a journalist to create literature chronicling World War II, the Soviet war in Afghanistan, the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster, and social problems like attempted suicides after the Soviet Union disintegrated. AFP

2/6Literature: Svetlana Alexievich used the skills of a journalist to create literature chronicling World War II, the Soviet war in Afghanistan, the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster, and social problems like attempted suicides after the Soviet Union disintegrated. AFP

Peace: Tunisia’s National Dialogue Quartet won the Peace Prize for its efforts to bring democracy to the country, where the political upheaval in 2011 sparked pro-democracy movements throughout the Arab world. AFP

3/6Peace: Tunisia’s National Dialogue Quartet won the Peace Prize for its efforts to bring democracy to the country, where the political upheaval in 2011 sparked pro-democracy movements throughout the Arab world. AFP

Medicine: Irish-born William Campbell (centre) and Japan’s Satoshi Omura (left) developed a drug that has reduced illnesses caused by parasitic worms, while Youyou Tu of China developed a drug that has significantly cut the number of deaths from malaria. Reuters/AFP

4/6Medicine: Irish-born William Campbell (centre) and Japan’s Satoshi Omura (left) developed a drug that has reduced illnesses caused by parasitic worms, while Youyou Tu of China developed a drug that has significantly cut the number of deaths from malaria. Reuters/AFP

Chemistry: (From left to right) Sweden’s Tomas Lindahl, American Paul Modrich and US-Turkish scientist Aziz Sancar have been honoured for mechanistic studies of DNA repair. Reuters

5/6Chemistry: (From left to right) Sweden’s Tomas Lindahl, American Paul Modrich and US-Turkish scientist Aziz Sancar have been honoured for mechanistic studies of DNA repair. Reuters

Physics: Takaaki Kajita of Japan and Arthur McDonald of Canada discovered neutrino oscillations that show neutrinos have mass. The academy said, “The discovery has changed our understanding of the innermost workings of matter and can prove crucial to our view of the universe.” AP/Reuters

6/6Physics: Takaaki Kajita of Japan and Arthur McDonald of Canada discovered neutrino oscillations that show neutrinos have mass. The academy said, “The discovery has changed our understanding of the innermost workings of matter and can prove crucial to our view of the universe.” AP/Reuters

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