The third portion of the 10 million Swedish
kronor prize went to the University of Illinois's Leggett (above, right) for a theory proposed nearly 30 years ago to explain superfluidity, the ability of a fluid to flow without losing energy through friction.
The trio will equally split the 9 million Swedish
kronor prize — each taking home the equivalent of $ 367,000.
Not exact matches
Sharing the
prize of 8 million Swedish
kronor (about $ 930,000) equally are Jean - Pierre Sauvage, J. Fraser Stoddart and Bernard Feringa.
The Swedish Academy awards the
prize of nine million
kronor (that's about 1.1 million dollars), a lovely gold medal and, of course, the prestige.
The game which was developed by Örvar Kárason and Sveinbjörn Örvarsson beat off spirited competition to claim the One hundred and fourty thousand Icelandic
kronor top
prize.