2000

Nobel Prize Winners

13 laureates honored across 6 categories in the 100th Nobel Prize ceremony.

Total Laureates

13

Categories

06

Countries

09

Ceremony

100th Ceremony

Stockholm & Oslo

Physics

3 LaureatesAll Physics

Zhores Alferov

“for developing semiconductor heterostructures used in high-speed- and opto-electronics”

Herbert Kroemer

“for developing semiconductor heterostructures used in high-speed- and opto-electronics”

Jack Kilby

“for his part in the invention of the integrated circuit”

Chemistry

3 LaureatesAll Chemistry

Alan Heeger

“for the discovery and development of conductive polymers”

Alan MacDiarmid

“for the discovery and development of conductive polymers”

Hideki Shirakawa

“for the discovery and development of conductive polymers”

Physiology or Medicine

3 LaureatesAll Physiology or Medicine

Arvid Carlsson

“for their discoveries concerning signal transduction in the nervous system”

Paul Greengard

“for their discoveries concerning signal transduction in the nervous system”

Eric Kandel

“for their discoveries concerning signal transduction in the nervous system”

Literature

1 LaureateAll Literature

Gao Xingjian

“for an œuvre of universal validity, bitter insights and linguistic ingenuity, which has opened new paths for the Chinese novel and drama”

Peace

1 LaureateAll Peace

Kim Dae-jung

“for his work for democracy and human rights in South Korea and in East Asia in general, and for peace and reconciliation with North Korea in particular”

Economic Sciences

2 LaureatesAll Economic Sciences

James J. Heckman

“for his development of theory and methods for analyzing selective samples”

Daniel L. McFadden

“for his development of theory and methods for analyzing discrete choice”

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