Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Current Affairs, GK & News
2019 Nobel Prize in Economics: Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the prestigious 2019 Nobel Prize for Economics to Indian-American Abhijit Banerjee, his wife, Esther Duflo, and Michael Kremer of United States for their ‘experimental approach to alleviating global poverty’. Their research will help the world community to understand, address and fight the formidable challenge of poverty. Abhijit Banerjee, ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2019
Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News
Topics: 2019 Nobel Prize Economics • Abhijit Banerjee • Esther Duflo • Michael Kremer • Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Peter Handke authors book “A Sorrow Beyond Dreams”
Austrian author Peter Handke has been honoured with the 2019 Nobel Prize in literature for an influential work that with linguistic ingenuity has explored the periphery and the specificity of human experience. His notable works include “Short Letter, Long Farewell” and “A Sorrow Beyond Dreams”. He will receive 9 million Swedish kronor (£740,000), as well ..
Topics: A Sorrow Beyond Dreams • Austria • Countries • Handke • Literature • Nobel Prize • Nobel Prize in Literature • Peter Handke • Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences • Short Letter, Long Farewell • Writers
Olga Tokarczuk awarded Nobel Prize in Literature for 2018
Polish author Olga Tokarczuk has won the 2018 Nobel Prize in literature for a narrative imagination that with encyclopedic passion represents the crossing of boundaries as a form of life. Her first novel, “The Journey of the People of the Book,” was released in 1993. She has also won the Booker International Prize for her ..
Topics: Awards • Flights • G. • International Booker Prize • Literary awards • Literature • Nobel Prize • Nobel Prize in Literature • Olga Tokarczuk • Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
2019 Nobel prize in physics awarded
The Nobel Prize 2019 for Physics has jointly been awarded to three scientists – James Peebles, Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz – groundbreaking discoveries about the evolution of the universe and the Earth’s place in the cosmos. One half of the award was given to James Peebles for theoretical discoveries in physical cosmology and the ..
Topics: Astronomy • Contents • Cosmology • Cosmos: A Personal Voyage • Didier Queloz • Exoplanet • Michel Mayor • Nobel Prize • Peebles • Planet • Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences • Space Science
Karen Uhlenbeck conferred with ‘Nobel prize of Mathematics’
Karen Uhlenbeck, a famous mathematician has become the first woman to receive the “Abel prize”, also known as the Nobel prize of mathematics. She has been awarded 6 million Norwegian kroner ($700,000) prize for her work in the fields of gauge theory and geometric analysis, which have been credited with far-reaching impact in both mathematics ..
Topics: Awards • Culture • Karen Uhlenbeck • Mathematician • Mathematics • Mathematics awards • Niels Henrik Abel • Nobel Prize • Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences • Uhlenbeck