Oslo, Oct 5: The Nobel Prize for Physics has been awarded to scientists from Japan, Germany, and Italy. The prize was awarded “for groundbreaking contributions to our understanding of complex systems”. It was divided into two. One half was awarded jointly to Syukuro Manabe and Klaus Hasselmann, and the other half to Giorgio Parisi.
Syukuro Manabe demonstrated how increased levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere lead to increased temperatures at the surface of the Earth. Klaus Hasselmann created a model that links weather and climate, thus answering the question of why climate models can be reliable despite weather being dynamic and chaotic.
Giorgio Parisi has been awarded the Nobel for discovering hidden patterns in disordered complex materials. His discoveries are among the most important contributions to the theory of complex systems. This prize is awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden.
