2014 Nobel Prize Laureates

The 2014 Nobel Prize Laureates are celebrated in Stockholm, Sweden on Dec. 10, 2014. 

  • Did you know? 104 Nobel Prizes in Chemistry have been awarded between 1901 and 2012. 63 Chemistry Prizes have been awarded one Laureate only. 4 women have been awarded the Chemistry Prize so far. 1 person (Frederick Sanger) has been awarded the Chemistry Prize twice, in 1958 and in 1980. 35 years was the age of the youngest Chemistry Laureate ever, Frédéric Joliot-Curie, who received the prize in 1935. 85 years was the age of the oldest Chemistry Laureate, John B. Fenn, when he was awarded the Chemistry Prize in 2002. 57 is the average age of the Nobel Laureates in Chemistry the year they were awarded the prize. Source: www.nobelprize.org
  • The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
    The prize was awarded jointly to spouses May-Britt and Edvard Moser from Norway, 51 and 52 respectively, and John O’Keefe from New York, 75, for their work on understanding how the brain locates itself in space using an “inner GPS” made up of place cells and grid cells.

  • French economist Jean Tirole, recipient of the 2014 Nobel Prize in economics. Image source: Fundacion BBVA
  • The Nobel Prize in Physics
    American Shuji Nakamura teamed with Japanese scientists Isamu Akasaki and Hiroshi Amano to create white LED light, revolutionizing the way the world is lighted with a long-lasting and more efficient alternative to older light sources.

  • The Nobel Prize in Literature
    Laureate Patrick Modiano, 69, won the Nobel Prize prize for his books, including "Missing Person," "Out of the Dark" and "The Search Warrant," and specifically for his extensive work on Jewish identity in Europe after World War II and Germany's occupation of France.

  • The Nobel Prize in Chemistry
    American Eric Betzig, 54, Romanian Stefan W. Hell, 52, and William E. Moerner, 61, of California, have won the Nobel Prize for their development of super-resolved fluorescence microscopy.

  • The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel
    Laureate Jean Tirole, 53, of France, is the Nobel Prize in Economics winner for his analysis of market power and regulation.

  • The Nobel Peace Prize
    Pakistan’s Malala Yousafzai and India’s Kailash Satyarthi share this award. At 17, Yousafzai, who was shot by the Taliban in 2012 for campaigning for the right of girls to attend school, becomes the youngest Nobel Peace Prize winner in history. Satyarthi, 60, has for many years been working to abolish child slavery.

  • For more history of the Nobel Prize and its winners, see: http://www.nordstjernan.com/news/sweden/5094/