| 1 |
Physics |
one half awarded to David J. Thouless, the other half jointly to F. Duncan M. Haldane and J. Michael Kosterlitz |
"for theoretical discoveries of topological phase transitions and topological phases of matter" |
| 2 |
Chemistry |
Awarded jointly to Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Sir J. Fraser Stoddart and Bernard L. Feringa |
"for the design and synthesis of molecular machines" |
| 3 |
Peace |
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos |
"For his efforts to end Country's civil war which lasted more than 50 years." |
| 4 |
Physiology or Medicine |
Yoshinori Ohsumi |
"For his discoveries of mechanisms for autophagy" |
| 5 |
Literature |
Bob Dylan |
"For having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition" |
| 6 |
Economic Sciences |
Jointly to Oliver Hart and Bengt Holmström |
"For their contributions to contract theory" |
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