Nobel Prize for 2015

Every year in October, Nobel foundation announces the list of few great minds who made an impact into the world. They were successful in imparting their names on the sands of time, they were able to make a change in the society and thus made it a better place to live in. We as mortal humans must stand by them with they receive this greatest honor for making a history.

Let's have a look at the Nobel laureates for the year 2015.

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2015

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2015 was awarded jointly to Takaaki Kajita and Arthur B. McDonald "for the discovery of neutrino oscillations, which shows that neutrinos have mass"

Takaaki Kajita, Arthur B. McDonald

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2015

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2015 was awarded jointly to Tomas Lindahl, Paul Modrich and Aziz Sancar "for mechanistic studies of DNA repair"

Tomas Lindahl, Paul Modrich, Aziz Sancar

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2015

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2015 was divided, one half jointly to William C. Campbell and Satoshi Ōmura "for their discoveries concerning a novel therapy against infections caused by roundworm parasites" and the other half to Youyou Tu "for her discoveries concerning a novel therapy against Malaria".

William C. Campbell, Satoshi Ōmura

Youyou Tu

The Nobel Prize in Literature 2015

The Nobel Prize in Literature 2015 was awarded to Svetlana Alexievich "for her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time".

Svetlana Alexievich

Prize share: 1/1

The Nobel Prize in Peace 2015

The Nobel Peace Prize 2015 was awarded to National Dialogue Quartet "for its decisive contribution to the building of a pluralistic democracy in Tunisia in the wake of the Jasmine Revolution of 2011".

National Dialogue Quartet

Prize share: 1/1

The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2015

The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2015 was awarded to Angus Deaton "for his analysis of consumption, poverty, and welfare".

Angus Deaton

Prize share: 1/1

Reference:

http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2015

http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/2015

http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/2015/index.html

http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/2015

http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2015

http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/economic-sciences/laureates/2015/