Prize
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Science
Abel Prize Awarded for Studies of Universe’s Randomness
Michel Talagrand of France has credited a brush with blindness for leading to the work that resulted in his recognition by the math equivalent of the Nobel Prize.
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Books
‘Oppenheimer’ Wins Producers Guild Award. Is the Best-Picture Oscar Next?
With the victory, the Christopher Nolan biopic has swept the guild prizes, a strong predictor of its chances at the Academy Awards.
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Newyork
Finding Fresh Talent for Fancy Watches
Louis Vuitton gathered up-and-coming watchmakers in Paris this week with its first watch prize and a party hosted by the youngest Arnault scion.
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Books
Thelma Golden Wins Gish Prize
The annual prize is given to someone who has “pushed the boundaries of an art form.” Golden, the director and chief curator of the Studio Museum in Harlem, said it was a “total surprise.”
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News
Claudia Goldin Wins Nobel in Economics for Studying Women in the Work Force
Her research uncovered the reasons for differences in labor force participation and earnings for women. She is the third woman to win the economics Nobel.
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World
How to Choose the Nobel Laureate: Tap a Literature Professor
About five years ago, Ankhi Mukherjee, a professor of world literature at Oxford University, received a letter asking whether she wanted to nominate someone for the Nobel Prize in Literature. She assumed it was a hoax. “I couldn’t believe the process ...
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Science
Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded to 3 Scientists for Work on Electrons
Their work “allows us to address fundamental questions” such as the time scale of the photoelectric effect for which Einstein received the 1921 Nobel, the awarding committee chair said.
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Books
Subversive Novels Dominate Shortlist for International Booker Prize
Books by Maryse Condé and Eva Baltasar are among six nominees for the prestigious award for fiction translated into English.
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Books
‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ Takes Producers Guild Award
The prize is a strong indicator of what will win best picture at the Oscars. The film already won the Directors Guild Award.
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World
Kojin Karatani Wins $1 Million Berggruen Prize
The Japanese philosopher is the recipient of this year’s award, which is given to thinkers whose ideas have “provided wisdom and self-understanding in a rapidly changing world.”
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