Author Description

This annual publication provides the awards (and related presentations, biographies, and lectures) of the most prestigious prizes in the world. In 2001, the prize for physics went to Eric A. Cornell, Wolfgang Ketterle and Carl E. Weiman. The prize for chemistry went to William S. Knowles, Ryoji Noyori and K. Barry Sharpless. The prize for physiology or medicine went to Leland H. Hartwell, Tim Hunt and Paul Nurse. The prize for literature went to V.S. Naipaul, and the prize for peace went to Kofi Annan and the United Nations. Contents of this volume include: The Nobel Institutions, the Prize-Winners and Citations, The Nobel Ceremonies, The Nobel Insignia and the Amount of Prizes, The Nobel Lectures, and The Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel.