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Nobel Prize 2011: Award Winners Honored

Nobel Prize Laureates Honored
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On Saturday, December 10, this year's Nobel Prize laureates will be honored in two ceremonies in the Swedish and Norwegian capitals. The three laureates of the Nobel Peace Prize, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Tawakkul Karman and Leymah Gbowee, received their awards from the chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee in Norway. The other winners will be lauded in Stockholm that same day.

The Nobel Prize was created in 1895 when scientist Alfred Nobel designated in his last will and testament that his fortune should be distributed through a series of prizes in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature and Peace. Since 1901, 826 individuals and 20 organizations have taken home the prize.

Take a look at this year's winners in the slideshow below, and test your knowledge of the Nobel Peace Prize.

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2011 Nobel Prize Winners
Dr. Bruce Beutler(01 of11)
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Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine: American Bruce Beutler and Frenchman Jules Hoffmann shared the award with Canadian-born Ralph Steinman for discoveries about the immune system that opened up new avenues for the treatment and prevention of infectious illnesses and cancer. Steinman died three days before the announcement. (AP) (credit:AP)
Jules Hoffman(02 of11)
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Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine: American Bruce Beutler and Frenchman Jules Hoffmann shared the award with Canadian-born Ralph Steinman for discoveries about the immune system that opened up new avenues for the treatment and prevention of infectious illnesses and cancer. Steinman died three days before the announcement. (AP) (credit:Getty)
Ralph Steinman(03 of11)
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Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine: American Bruce Beutler and Frenchman Jules Hoffmann shared the award with Canadian-born Ralph Steinman for discoveries about the immune system that opened up new avenues for the treatment and prevention of infectious illnesses and cancer. Steinman died three days before the announcement. (AP) (credit:Getty)
Saul Perlmutter(04 of11)
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Nobel Prize in physics: U.S.-born scientists Saul Perlmutter, Brian Schmidt and Adam Riess shared the prize for discoveries showing that the universe is expanding at an accelerating pace. (AP) (credit:AP)
Adam Riess (05 of11)
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Nobel Prize in physics: U.S.-born scientists Saul Perlmutter, Brian Schmidt and Adam Riess shared the prize for discoveries showing that the universe is expanding at an accelerating pace. (AP) (credit:AP)
Brian P. Schmidt(06 of11)
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Nobel Prize in physics: U.S.-born scientists Saul Perlmutter, Brian Schmidt and Adam Riess shared the prize for discoveries showing that the universe is expanding at an accelerating pace. (AP) (credit:Getty)
Daniel Shechtman(07 of11)
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Nobel Prize in chemistry: Israeli scientist Dan Shechtman won the award for his discovery of quasicrystals, a mosaic-like chemical structure that researchers previously thought was impossible. (AP) (credit:AP)
Tomas Transtromer(08 of11)
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Nobel Prize in literature: Swedish poet Tomas Transtromer won the prize for works characterized by "condensed, translucent images." (AP) (credit:AP)
Tawakul Karman, Leymah Gbowee and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf(09 of11)
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Nobel Peace Prize: Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian activist Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman of Yemen were honored "for their nonviolent struggle for the safety of women and for women's rights to full participation in peace-building work." (AP) (credit:AP)
Christopher Sims(10 of11)
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The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences: Americans Thomas Sargent and Christopher Sims won for their research on cause and effect in the macroeconomy. (AP) (credit:AP)
Thomas Sargent(11 of11)
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The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences: Americans Thomas Sargent and Christopher Sims won for their research on cause and effect in the macroeconomy. (AP) (credit:AP)
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