e-Bulletin (Nov 2020, Issue 139)

2020 Nobel Laureates and Their Selected Books/Book Chapters/Journal Articles/Proceedings are Held in the Library

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2020:
Roger Penrose “for the discovery that black hole formation is a robust prediction of the general theory of relativity".
Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez "for the discovery of a supermassive compact object at the centre of our galaxy".

Title

Call No.

Author

Publication Year

  1. The emperor's new mind concerning computers, minds, and the laws of physics

Roger Penrose

1989

The emperor's new mind concerning computers, minds, and the laws of physics

  1. Shadows of the mind : a search for the missing science of consciousness

Roger Penrose

1994

Shadows of the mind : a search for the missing science of consciousness

  1. Cycles of time : an extraordinary new view of the universe

Roger Penrose

2010

Cycles of time : an extraordinary new view of the universe

  1. The road to reality : a complete guide to the laws of the universe

Roger Penrose

2004

The road to reality : a complete guide to the laws of the universe

  1. Fashion, faith and fantasy in the new physics of the universe

Roger Penrose

2016

Fashion, faith and fantasy in the new physics of the universe

  1. The nature of space and time

S. W Hawking (Stephen W.) ; Roger Penrose

2010

The nature of space and time

  1. The large, the small and the human mind

Roger Penrose; M. S. Longair

1997

The large, the small and the human mind

  1. White Mars, or, The mind set free : a 21st century utopia

Brian Wilson Aldiss; Roger Penrose

2000

White Mars, or, The mind set free : a 21st century utopia

  1. The Galactic Center massive black hole and nuclear star cluster

Reinhard Genzel; Frank Eisenhauer; Stefan Gillessen

2010

The Galactic Center massive black hole and nuclear star cluster

  1. Galactic Center Research: manifestations of the central black hole

Mark Morris; Leo Meyer; Andrea Ghez

2012

Galactic Center Research: manifestations of the central black hole

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020:
Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna “for the development of a method for genome editing”.

Title

Call No.

Author

Publication Year

  1. Genome editing. The new frontier of genome engineering with CRISPR-Cas9

Jennifer A. Doudna; Emmanuelle Charpentier

2014

Galactic Center Research: manifestations of the central black hole

  1. Gene editing and genome engineering with CRISPR-Cas9

Emmanuelle Charpentier

2017

Gene editing and genome engineering with CRISPR-Cas9

  1. CRISPR-Cas9: how research on a bacterial RNA‐guided mechanism opened new perspectives in biotechnology and biomedicine

Emmanuelle Charpentier

2015

CRISPR-Cas9: how research on a bacterial RNA‐guided mechanism opened new perspectives in biotechnology and biomedicine

  1. Applications of CRISPR technologies in research and beyond

Rodolphe Barrangou; Jennifer A. Doudna

2016

Applications of CRISPR technologies in research and beyond

  1. CRISPR-Cas: a laboratory manual

Jennifer A. Doudna; Prashant Mali

2016

CRISPR-Cas: a laboratory manual

  1. A crack in creation : gene editing and the unthinkable power to control evolution

Jennifer A. Doudna; Samuel H. Sternberg

2017

A crack in creation : gene editing and the unthinkable power to control evolution

  1. 基因編輯大革命: CRISPR如何改寫基因密碼, 掌控演化, 影響生命的未來

Jennifer A. Doudna; Samuel H. Sternberg; 王惟芬;

2018

基因編輯大革命: CRISPR如何改寫基因密碼, 掌控演化, 影響生命的未來

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2020:
Harvey J. Alter, Michael Houghton and Charles M. Rice “for the discovery of Hepatitis C virus”.

Title

Call No.

Author

Publication Year

  1. The liver: biology and pathobiology

Harvey J. Alter and others

2020

The liver: biology and pathobiology

  1. Management of hepatitis virus infections

Harvey J. Alter

2008

Management of hepatitis virus infections

  1. The hazards of blood transfusion in historical perspective

Harvey J. Alter; Harvey G. Klein

2008

The hazards of blood transfusion in historical perspective

  1. Prevention of hepatitis C virus infection in chimpanzees by hyperimmune serum against the hypervariable region 1 of the envelope 2 protein

Harvey J. Alter and others

1996

Prevention of hepatitis C virus infection in chimpanzees by hyperimmune serum against the hypervariable region 1 of the envelope 2 protein

  1. The long and winding road leading to the identification of the hepatitis C virus

Michael Houghton

2009

The long and winding road leading to the identification of the hepatitis C virus

  1. Replication of hepatitis C virus

Charles M. Rice

2007

Replication of hepatitis C virus

The Nobel Prize in Literature 2020
Louise Glück "for her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal".

Title

Call No.

Author

Publication Year

  1. The first four books of poems

Louise Glück

1995

The first four books of poems

  1. Faithful and virtuous night

Louise Glück

2014

Faithful and virtuous night

  1. Averno

Louise Glück

2006

Averno

  1. The seven ages

Louise Glück

2001

The seven ages

  1. Vita Nova

Louise Glück

1999

Vita Nova

  1. Meadowlands

Louise Glück

1996

Meadowlands

  1. First Goodbye

Louise Glück

2015

First Goodbye

The Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences 2020
Paul R. Milgrom and Robert B. Wilson “for improvements to auction theory and inventions of new auction formats”.

Title

Call No.

Author

Publication Year

  1. Putting auction theory to work

Paul R. Milgrom

2004

Putting auction theory to work

  1. Core-selecting package auctions

Robert Day; Paul R. Milgrom

2007

Core-selecting package auctions

  1. Ascending auctions with package bidding

Lawrence M Ausubel; Paul R. Milgrom

2002

Ascending auctions with package bidding

  1. A theory of auctions and competitive bidding

Paul R. Milgrom; Robert J. Weber

1982

A theory of auctions and competitive bidding

  1. How market design emerged from game theory: a mutual interview

Alvin E. Roth; Robert B. Wilson

2019

How market design emerged from game theory: a mutual interview

The Nobel Peace Prize 2020
The World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian organization addressing hunger and promoting food security.

Title

Call No.

Author

Publication Year

  1. Hunger

World Food Programme and others

2003

Hunger

  1. Hunger and health

World Food Programme

2007

Hunger and health

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