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Nobel Prize in Physics for 2005

"for his contribution to the quantum theory of optical coherence" - Roy J. Glauber

"for their contributions to the development of laser-based precision spectroscopy, including the optical frequency comb technique" - John L. Hall and Theodor W. Hänsch

Press release: http://nobelprize.org/physics/laureates/2005/press.html

Nobel Prize Medal for Physics and Chemistry

Roy J. Glauber
1/2 of the prize
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA, USA
b. 1925
http://www.physics.harvard.edu/people/facpages/glauber.html

John L. Hall
1/4 of the prize
University of Colorado, JILA;
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Boulder, CO, USA
b. 1934
http://jilawww.colorado.edu/hall/

Theodor W. Hänsch
1/4 of the prize
Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik
Garching, Germany;
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität
Munich, Germany
b. 1941
http://www.mpq.mpg.de/~haensch/

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Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2005

"for the development of the metathesis
method in organic synthesis"

Yves Chauvin Robert H. Grubbs Richard R. Schrock

Press release: http://www.nobel.se/chemistry/laureates/2005/press.html

Yves Chauvin
1/3 of the prize third
Institut Français du Pétrole
Rueil-Malmaison, France
b. 1930
http://www.academie-sciences.fr/membres/C/Chauvin_Yves.htm

Robert H. Grubbs
1/3 of the prize
California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
Pasadena, CA, USA
b. 1942
http://www.cce.caltech.edu:16080/faculty/grubbs/

Richard R. Schrock
1/3 of the prize
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Cambridge, MA, USA
b. 1945
http://web.mit.edu/chemistry/www/faculty/schrock.html

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Nobel Prize in Medicine/ Physiology for 2005

"for their discovery of the bacterium Helicobacter
pylori and its role in gastritis and peptic ulcer disease"

Richard Axel & Linda B. Buck

Press release: http://nobelprize.org/medicine/laureates/2005/press.html

Nobel Prize Medal for Physiology or Medicine

Barry J. Marshall
1/2 of the prize
NHMRC Helicobacter pylori Research Laboratory,
QEII Medical Centre; University of Western Australia
Nedlands, Australia
http://www.eftelcorporate.com.au/~bjmrshll/

J. Robin Warren
1/2 of the prize
Medical Centre; University of Western Australia
Nedlands, Australia
Perth, Australia
http://www.tallpoppies.net.au/cavalcade/warren.htm

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LINKS TO MORE INFORMATION

Nobel Prize Internet Archive http://www.almaz.com/nobel/nobel.html
Biographies of Nobel Prize winners, with links to other sites containing information. Quick search available or can be browsed by Nobel Prize category.

Nobel Prize Internet Archive: Women http://www.almaz.com/nobel/women.html
Biographies of women Nobel Prize winners

Nobel e-museum http://www.nobel.se/index.html
The Nobel e-museum is the official Web site of the Nobel Foundation. It contains information on all 758 Prize Winners to date, the Nobel Organization, Alfred Nobel, and Nobel events, as well as educational material and games. Nobel e-Museum consists of more than 9,000 static documents, several databases and a number of multimedia productions with Nobel Prize connection.

Nobel channel http://www.nobelchannel.com/
The Nobel Channel Web site the productions and archives from Swedish Television (SVT) and the Interactive Media Group,a Trans World International subsidiary. It features multimedia programs such as video portraits of laureates and cybercasts of Nobel Week. Also includes historical references, Alfred Nobel, and interactive learning studio

Nobel laureates in physics http://www.slac.stanford.edu/library/nobel/

Deaf nobel prize winners http://library.gallaudet.edu/dr/faq-deaf-nobel-prize.html

CNN.com's Nobel Centennial http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/nobel.100/

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