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Events on Sunday 10 December 2000 6
2000Alferov, Kroemer and Kilby win the Nobel Prize in PhysicsNobel Prize in Physics 2000Zhores Alferov and Herbert Kroemer for semiconductor heterostructures, and Jack Kilby for his part in inventing the integrated circuit.
2000Carlsson, Greengard and Kandel win the Nobel Prize in Physiology or MedicineNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2000Arvid Carlsson, Paul Greengard and Eric Kandel, for discoveries on signal transduction in the nervous system.
2000Gao Xingjian wins the Nobel Prize in LiteratureNobel Prize in Literature 2000The Chinese-born writer Gao Xingjian, author of Soul Mountain.
2000Heckman and McFadden win the Nobel Prize in Economic SciencesNobel Prize in Economic Sciences 2000James Heckman and Daniel McFadden, for methods to analyse individual and household data.
2000Heeger, MacDiarmid and Shirakawa win the Nobel Prize in ChemistryNobel Prize in Chemistry 2000Alan Heeger, Alan MacDiarmid and Hideki Shirakawa, for discovering and developing conductive polymers.
2000Kim Dae-jung wins the Nobel Peace PrizeNobel Peace Prize 2000South Korean President Kim Dae-jung, for democracy and reconciliation with North Korea.