Nobel Prize in Physics 2021: Manabe, Hasselmann and Parisi declared winners

The Nobel Prize for Physics has been given to scientists from Japan, Germany and Italy Syukuro Manabe and Klaus Hasselmann are quoted for their work in “physical modeling the earth’s climate, measuring variability and reliably predicting global warming”.

The second half of the prize was given to Giorgio Parisi for “discovery of interference interactions and physical system fluctuations from atoms to the planet scale.”

The winner was announced Tuesday by Goran Hansson, Secretary General of the Swedish Kingdom Science Academy.

It is common for some scientists who work in related fields to share gifts. Last year, the gift went to American Andrea Ghez, Roger Penrose of Britain and Reinhard Genzel from Germany for their research into a black hole.

The prestigious award came with a gold medal and 10 million Swedish Chronor (more than $ 1.14 million). Prize money comes from heritage left by the creator of prize, the inventor of Sweden Alfred Nobel, who died in 1895.

On Monday, the Nobel Committee gave a prize in physiology or medicine to Americans David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian for their discovery of how the human body felt the temperature and touch During the coming days of prizes will also be given to extraordinary work in the fields of chemistry, literature, peace and economy.