The follwing are the winners of the
Nobel Prizes in 2000:
Winner:
Kim Dae Jung, president of
South Korea.
Reason: “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.”
Winners:
Arvid Carlsson (Sweden),
Paul Greengard (U.S.) and
Eric Kandel (U.S.)
Reason: “for their discoveries concerning
signal transduction in the nervous system.”
Winners: One-half to
Zhores I. Alferov (Russia) and
Herbert Kroemer (U.S.), one-half to
Jack S. Kilby (U.S.)
Reasons:
Alferov and Kroemer: “for developing
semiconductor heterostructures used in
high-speed- and opto-electronics.”
Kilby: “for his part in the invention of the
integrated circuit.”
Winners:
Alan J. Heeger (U.S.),
Alan G. MacDiarmid (U.S.), and
Hideki Shirakawa (Japan)
Reason: “for the discovery and development of
conductive polymers.”
Winner:
Gao Xingjian (China)
Reason: “for
an oeuvre of universal validity,
bitter insights, and
linguistic ingenuity, which has opened new paths for the
Chinese novel and
drama.”
Winners:
James J. Heckman (U.S.) and
Daniel L. McFadden (U.S.).
Reasons:
Heckman: "for his development of theory and methods for
analyzing selective samples."
McFadden: "for his development of theory and methods for
analyzing discrete choice.”