10/08/2021
[Infographic: Nobel Prize winners 1901-2021]
With the Nobel season in full swing, here are four graphics explaining some of the world’s most coveted awards.
While the Nobel Prize is a global award, just more than half of all prize winners are from Europe. The United States has the highest number of Nobel laureates, at 281, as of 2020.
After Europe and North America, Asia has the third-highest number of Nobel laureates at 72, followed by Africa (27), Oceania (15), and South America (11).
On Monday, US scientists David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian won the Nobel Prize in medicine for their discoveries on nerve receptors for temperature and touch.
The next day, US-Japanese scientist Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann of Germany and Giorgio Parisi of Italy won the physics prize for climate models and the understanding of physical systems.
On Wednesday, scientists Benjamin List and David WC MacMillan were awarded the top prize in chemistry for developing a new type of catalyst to accelerate chemical reactions.
And on Thursday, Gurnah won the prize in literature for his work on the effects of colonialism and refugees.
Source: https://www.aljazeera[.]com/news/2021/10/7/infographic-nobel-prize-winners-1901-2021