Fri Aug 14, 2009 10:24 am
| Nobel Prizes 2008 |
* Chemistry - Martin Chalfie, Osamu Shimomura, Roger Y. Tsien
* Economics - Paul Krugman
* Literature - Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio
* Peace - Martti Ahtisaari
* Physics - Makoto Kobayashi, Toshihide Maskawa, Yoichiro Nambu
* Physiology or Medicine - Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, Harald zur Hausen, Luc Montagnier
Books
* Isaac Asimov's 1955 short story Franchise takes place in 2008, the premise being that the U.S. president will be selected by a computer program looking for the "most representative citizen".
* John Barnes, Mother of Storms (1995) begins with a 2008 UN resolution barring any nation from acquiring nuclear weapons after June 1, 2008, subject to penalty of preemptive strike.
* Gregory Benford's books The Jupiter War and The Threads of Time are set in 2008.
* The Galactic Milieu Series by Julian May features Earth's first contact with an alien race on June 20, 2008.
* Ian McDonald's "Chaga Saga" (Evolution's Shore and Kirinya) begins with the March 13, 2008 impact arrival of the plant form Chaga from outer space.
* Alan E. Nourse's 1957 book Rocket to Limbo begins with the March 3, 2008 launch of the starship Argonaut on a centuries-long trip to Alpha Centauri.
* The Mote in God's Eye (1974) by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle postulates that faster-than-light travel is perfected in 2008.
• The Next War, a controversial 1996 novel about the post-Soviet era, co-authored by former U.S. Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger, looks at a possible 2008 nuclear confrontation between the United States and Russia.
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* Economics - Paul Krugman
* Literature - Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio
* Peace - Martti Ahtisaari
* Physics - Makoto Kobayashi, Toshihide Maskawa, Yoichiro Nambu
* Physiology or Medicine - Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, Harald zur Hausen, Luc Montagnier
Books
* Isaac Asimov's 1955 short story Franchise takes place in 2008, the premise being that the U.S. president will be selected by a computer program looking for the "most representative citizen".
* John Barnes, Mother of Storms (1995) begins with a 2008 UN resolution barring any nation from acquiring nuclear weapons after June 1, 2008, subject to penalty of preemptive strike.
* Gregory Benford's books The Jupiter War and The Threads of Time are set in 2008.
* The Galactic Milieu Series by Julian May features Earth's first contact with an alien race on June 20, 2008.
* Ian McDonald's "Chaga Saga" (Evolution's Shore and Kirinya) begins with the March 13, 2008 impact arrival of the plant form Chaga from outer space.
* Alan E. Nourse's 1957 book Rocket to Limbo begins with the March 3, 2008 launch of the starship Argonaut on a centuries-long trip to Alpha Centauri.
* The Mote in God's Eye (1974) by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle postulates that faster-than-light travel is perfected in 2008.
• The Next War, a controversial 1996 novel about the post-Soviet era, co-authored by former U.S. Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger, looks at a possible 2008 nuclear confrontation between the United States and Russia.
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