Nobel Prize is awarded to a person or an organisation known as Nobel Laureate who is awarded for their outstanding contributions in any of the categories including peace, literature, chemistry, physics, physiology or economic sciences and medicine. Let us find out the list of Noble Prize Laureates who received Nobel Prize in the year 2017.
Nobel Prizes and Laureates 2017
| Nobel Laureates | Field | Contribution |
|---|---|---|
| Rainer Weiss Barry C. Barish Kip S. Thorne | Physics | For constructing Ligo and detection of gravitational waves. |
| Jacques Dubochet Joachim Frank Richard Henderson | Chemistry | For developing cryoelectron microscopy |
| Jeffrey C. Hall Michael Rosbash Michael W. Young | Physiology or Medicine | For generating molecular mechanisms that control the circadian rhythm. |
| Kazuo Ishiguro | Literature | For the novel “The Remains of the Day” |
| International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) | Peace | To draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for a treaty base on prohibition of such weapons |
| Richard H. Thaler | Economic Sciences | For his great contribution to behavioural economics |
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