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Physics Nobel Goes to German, Frenchman
A former rugby player and now avid sailboarder, Fert told France's Inter Radio that he planned to share some of the spoils of his winnings with colleagues.
"As usual when I get prizes, I share a little with my associates and then I will see," he said. "I don't know. I think I need new sails for my windsurfers."
  In a file photo France's Albert Fert receives a Japan Prize plaque during a presentation ceremony in Tokyo Thursday, April 19, 2007. France's Albert Fert and German Peter Gruenberg win the 2007 Nobel Prize in physics it was announced Tuesday Oct. 9, 2007 (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara) (Koji Sasahara - Associated Press) TOOLBOXCOMMENT |
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CLOSEThe Nobel announcement broke a streak of American wins from 2000 to 2006 that saw 20 people awarded the physics prize, of whom 16 were U.S. citizens or did their work at American laboratories and universities.
Last year, Americans John C. Mather and George F. Smoot won the physics prize for their work examining the infancy of the universe, studies that have aided the understanding of galaxies and stars and increasing support for the Big Bang theory of the beginning of the universe.
On Monday, two American scientists, Mario R. Capecchi and Oliver Smithies, and Briton Sir Martin J. Evans, won the 2007 Nobel Prize in medicine for groundbreaking discoveries that led to a powerful technique for manipulating mouse genes.
Prizes for chemistry, literature, peace and economics will be announced through Oct. 15.
The peace award is announced in Oslo, while the other prizes are announced in Stockholm. The prizes, each of which carries a cash prize of $1.5 million, were established in the will of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel.
The Nobel prizes are always presented to the winners on the Dec. 10 anniversary of the death of its creator.
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