The 2015 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.[1]
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.[2][3]
Prizes
editPhysics
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Takaaki Kajita
(b. 1959) |
 Japanese
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"for the discovery of neutrino oscillations, which shows that neutrinos have mass" | [4] |
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Arthur B. McDonald
(b. 1943) |
 Canadian
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Chemistry
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Tomas Lindahl
(b. 1938) |
 Swedish
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"for mechanistic studies of DNA repair" | [5] |
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Paul L. Modrich
(b. 1946) |
 American
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Aziz Sancar
(b. 1946) |
 Turkish
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Physiology or Medicine
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William C. Campbell
(b. 1930) |
 Ireland
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"for their discoveries concerning a novel therapy against infections caused by roundworm parasites" | [6] |
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Satoshi Ōmura
(b. 1935) |
Japan
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Tu Youyou
(b. 1930) |
 China
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"for her discoveries concerning a novel therapy against malaria" | [6] |
Literature
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Svetlana Alexievich
(b. 1948) |
 Belarus
(born in Soviet Ukraine) |
"for her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time" | [7] |
Peace
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Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet
(2013–2014) |
 Tunisia
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"for its decisive contribution to the building of a pluralistic democracy in Tunisia in the wake of the Jasmine Revolution of 2011." | [8] |
Economic Sciences
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Angus Deaton
(b. 1945) |
 United Kingdom
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"for his analysis of consumption, poverty, and welfare" | [9] |
Controversies
editPhysics
editWhile the Physics Prize wasn't inherently disputed, some scientists discussed whether the Nobel Foundation's written citation for Kajita and McDonald's awarding was correct, leading to a technical debate about the definition of a "neutrino oscillation" and whether their experiments showed such a phenomenon.[10]
Physiology or Medicine
editDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, the awarding of Ivermectin was sometimes invoked in order to justify the medication's usage as a treatment for the Coronavirus. However, Campbell and Ōmura had been awarded for Ivermectin's effectiveness specifically against parasitic infections.[11]
References
edit- ^ "A complete list of 2015's Nobel Prize winners". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2024-12-09.
- ^ Royen, Ulrika (2016-07-14). "Video - The 2015 Nobel Peace Prize Award Ceremony". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved 2024-12-09.
- ^ "Video - The Nobel Prize Award Ceremony 2015". NobelPrize.org. 2016-01-28. Retrieved 2024-12-09.
- ^ "The Nobel Prize in Physics 2015". Nobel Foundation. Archived from the original on 6 May 2024. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
- ^ "The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2015". Nobel Foundation. Archived from the original on 15 June 2017. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
- ^ a b "The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2015". Nobel Foundation. Archived from the original on 5 October 2015. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
- ^ "Nobel Prize in Literature 2015". Nobel Foundation. Archived from the original on 21 September 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
- ^ "The Nobel Peace Prize 2015". Nobel Foundation. Archived from the original on 2015-10-09. Retrieved 2022-03-02.
- ^ "The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2015". Nobel Foundation. Archived from the original on 2015-10-05. Retrieved 2015-10-12.
- ^ "Did the Nobel committee get the physics wrong?". Science. Retrieved 2024-12-09.
- ^ "Fact Check: 2015 Nobel Prize for ivermectin intended for treatment of parasitic infections doesn't prove its efficacy on COVID-19". Reuters.