Elinor Ostrom and Oliver E. Williamson, both from the United States of America, have won the Noble Prize for Economics 2009 for their analysis of economic governance. Osrtom is the first female to be awarded with the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences. She was honoured with half the 10-million-kronor (1.42-million-dollar) prize [...]
Man Booker Prize for fiction 2009
October 7, 2009 By Leave a Comment
The highly prestigious Man Booker Prize for fiction 2009 has been awarded to the British novelist Hilary Mantel for her book “Wolf Hall”. Mantel received the honour for her much acclaimed novel set in the historical background of 1520s in England during the times of Henry VIII and narrates the rise [...]
Ramakrishnan wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2009
October 7, 2009 By Leave a Comment
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2009 has been jointly awarded to UK based scientist of Indian origin Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, American scientist Thomas A. Steitz and Israeli scientist Ada E. Yonath for their studies of the structure and function of the ribosome. Ramakrishnan, who is a senior scientist and Group Leader at [...]
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