"The Nobel Prizes are considered among the world's most prestigious honors for achievements in medicine, physics, chemistry, literature, economics and peace. The winners join the pantheon of Nobel laureates, from Albert Einstein to Mother Teresa. Sometimes, the award is anticipated. Potential winners plan tentative news conferences or, in the western U.S., wait up all night for the news. While some prizes might feature household names - such as 2009 peace prize winner then-U.S. President Barack Obama or 2016 literature laureate and singer-songwriter Bob Dylan -"
"When Associated Press photographer Lindsey Wasson knocked on the door of Mary E. Brunkow's Seattle home around 4 a.m. local time Monday, it was the scientist's dog who woke up first. Zelda's barking roused Brunkow's husband, Ross Colquhoun. "I don't think he really knew what I was there for," Wasson said. "And I said, 'You know, sir, I think your wife just won the Nobel Prize.'""
Nobel Prizes honor achievements across medicine, physics, chemistry, literature, economics and peace. Winners join a pantheon including Albert Einstein and Mother Teresa. Some awards are anticipated, with potential laureates planning news conferences or waiting through the night. Natural science prizes often go to researchers whose names are unfamiliar to the general public despite decades-old work. Five of nine science winners were in the U.S. when the announcements occurred, and some were asleep. Two winners in Japan were awake and working when they received calls; one mistook the Swedish number for a telemarketer. The chemistry prize marked the first time this year that the committee reached all three winners before the formal announcement. One medicine laureate learned the news after an early-morning knock and initially denied it.
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