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Nobel Prize in Physics for 2003

"for pioneering contributions to the theory
of superconductors and superfluids"

Press release: http://www.nobel.se/physics/laureates/2003/press.html

Nobel Prize Medal for Physics and Chemistry

Alexei A. Abrikosov
USA and Russia
Born in 1928
Argonne National Laboratory
Argonne, IL, USA
http://www.msd.anl.gov/groups/cmt/people/abrikosov.html

Vitaly L. Ginzburg
Russia
Born in 1916
P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute
Moscow, Russia
http://www.tamm.lpi.ru/staff/ginzburg.html

Anthony J. Leggett
United Kingdom and USA
Born in 1938
University of Illinois
Urbana, IL, USA
http://www.physics.uiuc.edu/People/Faculty/profiles/Leggett/

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Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2003

Press release: http://www.nobel.se/chemistry/laureates/2003/press.html

"for the discovery of water channels"
Peter Agre
USA
Born in 1949
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, USA
http://biolchem.bs.jhmi.edu/facultydetail.asp?PersonID=665

"for structural and mechanistic studies of ion channels"
Roderick MacKinnon
USA
Born in 1956
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
The Rockefeller University
New York, USA
http://www.rockefeller.edu/research/abstract.php?id=132

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Nobel Prize in Medicine/ Physiology for 2003

"for their discoveries concerning magnetic resonance imaging"

Press release: http://www.nobel.se/physics/laureates/2003/press.html

Nobel Prize Medal for Physiology or Medicine

Paul C. Lauterbur
USA
University of Illinois
Urbana, IL, USA
Born in 1929
http://www.life.uiuc.edu/biophysics/CBCBWebPages/CBCB%20Faculty/Lauterbur.html

Sir Peter Mansfield
United Kingdom
Born in 1933
University of Nottingham
School of Physics and Astronomy
Nottingham, United Kingdom
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/~ppzwww/staff/Mansfield_P_t.html

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The Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2003

Press release: http://www.nobel.se/economics/laureates/2003/press.html

"for methods of analyzing economic time series with time-varying volatility (ARCH)"
Robert F. Engle
USA
Born in 1942
New York University
New York, NY, USA
http://pages.stern.nyu.edu/~rengle/

" for methods of analyzing economic time series with common trends (cointegration)"
Clive W. J. Granger
United Kingdom
Born: 1934
University of California
San Diego, CA, USA
http://www.econ.ucsd.edu/~cgranger/

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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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