e-Bulletin (Nov 2021, Issue 151)

2021 Nobel Laureates and Their Selected Books/Book Chapters/Journal Articles/Proceedings are Held in the Library

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2021:
Syukuro Manabe and Klaus Hasselmann “for the physical modelling of Earth's climate, quantifying variability and reliably predicting global warming”.
Giorgio Parisi “for the discovery of the interplay of disorder and fluctuations in physical systems from atomic to planetary scales”.

Title

Call No.

Author

Publication Year

 
  1. Assessing temperature pattern projections made in 1989

Stouffer, Ronald J and Manabe, Syukuro

2017

 

  1. Beyond global warming : how numerical models revealed the secrets of climate change

Manabe, Syukuro and Anthony J. Broccoli

2020

Beyond global warming : how numerical models revealed the secrets of climate change

  1. Detecting and responding to climate change

Hasselmann, Klaus

2013

 

  1. On the warming in the tropical upper troposphere: Models versus observations

Fu, Qiang; Manabe, Syukuro and Johanson, Celeste M

2011

 

  1. Quantum mechanics

Auletta, Gennaro; Fortunato, Mauro and Parisi, Giorgio

2009

Quantum mechanics

  1. Role of greenhouse gas in climate change

Manabe, Syukuro

2019

 

  1. Simulating animal spirits in actor-based environmental models

Hasselmann, Klaus and Kovalevsky, Dmitry V

2013

 

  1. The climate change game

Hasselmann, Klaus

2010

 

  1. The Marginally Stable Bethe Lattice Spin Glass Revisited

Parisi, Giorgio

2017

 

  1. Theory of simple glasses : exact solutions in infinite dimensions

Parisi, Giorgio etc.

2020

Theory of simple glasses : exact solutions in infinite dimensions

  1. Wave dynamics and radio probing of the ocean surface

Phillips, O. M. and Hasselmann, Klaus

1986

 

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2021:
Benjamin List and David W.C. MacMillan “for the development of asymmetric organocatalysis”.

Title

Call No.

Author

Publication Year

 
  1. Asymmetric Counteranion-Directed Catalysis: Concept, Definition, and Applications

Mahlau, Manuel and List, Benjamin

2013

Asymmetric Counteranion-Directed Catalysis: Concept, Definition, and Applications

  1. Asymmetric organocatalysis

List, Benjamin

2010

Asymmetric organocatalysis

  1. Catalytic Asymmetric Reductive Condensation of N-H Imines: Synthesis of C2-Symmetric Secondary Amines

Wakchaure, Vijay N and List, Benjamin

2016

 

  1. Merging Photoredox Catalysis with Organocatalysis: The Direct Asymmetric Alkylation of Aldehydes

Nicewicz, David A and MacMillan, David W. C

2008

 

  1. The Organic Approach to Asymmetric Catalysis

List, Benjamin and Yang, Jung Woon

2006

 

  1. The advent and development of organocatalysis

MacMillan, David W. C

2008

The advent and development of organocatalysis

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2021:
David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian “for their discoveries of receptors for temperature and touch”.

Title

Call No.

Author

Publication Year

 
  1. A hot new channel

Bandell, Michael and Patapoutian, Ardem

2012

A hot new channel

  1. A Neuropeptide Courier for [delta]-Opioid Receptors?

Julius, David and Basbaum, Allan I

2005

 

  1. Channels Flies feel your pain

Patapoutian, Ardem and Macpherson, Lindsey J

2010

 

  1. Fire in the hole: pore dilation of the capsaicin receptor TRPV1

Bautista, Diana and Julius, David

2008

 

  1. Getting a grip on touch receptors

Marshall, Kara and Patapoutian, Ardem

2020

 

  1. Irritant-evoked activation and calcium modulation of the TRPA1 receptor

Zhao, Jianhua ; Lin King, John V ; Paulsen, Candice E ; Cheng, Yifan and Julius, David

2020

Irritant-evoked activation and calcium modulation of the TRPA1 receptor

  1. Receptor-targeting mechanisms of pain-causing toxins: How ow?

Bohlen, Christopher J and Julius, David

2012

 

  1. Nociceptors: The sensors of the pain pathway

Dubin, Adrienne E and Patapoutian, Ardem

2010

 

  1. Scratching the surface: a role of pain-sensing TRPA1 in itch

Patapoutian, Ardem and Xiao, Bailong

2011

Scratching the surface: a role of pain-sensing TRPA1 in itch

  1. Transient receptor potential channels: targeting pain at the source

Woolf, Clifford J; Patapoutian, Ardem and Tate, Simon

2009

 

The Nobel Prize in Literature 2021
Abdulrazak Gurnah "for his uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugee in the gulf between cultures and continents".

Title

Call No.

Author

Publication Year

 
  1. Admiring silence

Gurnah, Abdulrazak

1996

Admiring silence

  1. Dottie

Gurnah, Abdulrazak

1990

 

  1. Pilgrims way

Gurnah, Abdulrazak

1988

Pilgrims way

The Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences 2021
David Card "for his empirical contributions to labour economics".
Joshua D. Angrist and Guido W. Imbens“for their methodological contributions to the analysis of causal relationships”.

Title

Call No.

Author

Publication Year

 
  1. Estimation of Causal Effects using Propensity Score Weighting: An Application to Data on Right Heart Catheterization

Hirano, Keisuke and Imbens, Guido W

2001

 

  1. Handbook of labor economics

Ashenfelter, Orley. and David Card

2010

Handbook of labor economics

  1. Introduction: a good start?: Determinants of initial labor market success

Card, David E

2019

 

  1. Introduction: Labor Markets and Public Policies in the United States and Canada

Card, David and Oreopoulos, Philip

2019

 

  1. Matching on the estimated propensity score

Abadie, Alberto and Imbens, Guido W

2016

 

  1. Mastering "metrics" : the path from cause to effect

Angrist, Joshua David and Jörn-Steffen Pischke

2015

Mastering metrics: the path from cause to effect

  1. Mostly harmless econometrics : an empiricist's companion

Angrist, Joshua David and Jörn-Steffen Pischke

2009

Mostly harmless econometrics: an empiricist's companion

  1. Unions and wage inequality: The roles of gender, skill and public sector employment

Card, David ; Lemieux, Thomas and Craig Riddell, W

2020

 

  1. The perils of peer effects

Angrist, Joshua D

2014

 

  1. The State of Applied Econometrics: Causality and Policy Evaluation

Athey, Susan and Imbens, Guido W

2017

 

The Nobel Peace Prize 2021
Maria Ressa and Dmitry Andreyevich Muratov "for their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, which is a precondition for democracy and lasting peace".

Title

Call No.

Author

Publication Year

 
  1. Don’t let the virus infect democracy

Ressa, Maria

2020

Don't let the virus infect democracy

  1. From Bin Laden To Facebook: 10 Days Of Abduction, 10 Years Of Terrorism

Ressa, Maria

2013

From Bin Laden To Facebook: 10 Days Of Abduction, 10 Years Of Terrorism

  1. Women journalists face escalating violence online. We should know

Ressa, Maria and Julie Posetti

2021

 

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