THE NOBEL PRIZE
THE NOBEL PRIZE
2021 Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded for Research in Complex Systems“This prize in physics reflects the deep connections of our field to delving into mysteries that shroud the laws that determine the environment of our home, planet Earth,” said APS President S. James Gates, Jr. “The citation of the award clearly shows our discipline’s efforts to establish deep scientific knowledge behind such challenges as global climate change, pollution, and similar processes in complex systems. For with such knowledge, science and physics once more can be shown to be the 'survival instinct' of our species. This is the work of physics done on a grand scale for all of humanity.” Added Gates, “In the case of the American recipient, Prof. Manabe, his is part of the historical tapestry delineating how physicists born in other nations continue to enrich the science of this nation.” Added Gates, “In the case of the American recipient, Prof. Manabe, his is part of the historical tapestry delineating how physicists born in other nations continue to enrich the science of this nation.” Read more |
Nobel winner Abdulrazak Gurnah says ‘writing cannot be just about polemics’
The Nobel laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah, who fled Zanzibar for England in the 1960s, has spoken of how he began writing “in refusal of the self-assured summaries of people who despised and belittled us”. Gurnah, who was awarded the Nobel prize for literature in October for his “uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugee in the gulf between cultures and continents”, was speaking during his Nobel lecture on Tuesday. .jpg)
Journalists Ressa and Muratov receive Nobel Peace Prize
The two journalists who shared this year’s Nobel Peace Prize have received their awards during a pomp-filled ceremony in Norway, where both warned that the world needs independent reporting to counter the power of authoritarian governments. Maria Ressa of the Philippines and fellow laureate Dmitry Muratov of Russia gave their Nobel lectures at Oslo City Hall on Friday. |
