Peace
President Kim Dae Jung of South Korea wins the 2000 Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts towards reconciliation with North Korea. (10/13)

Literature
Self-exiled author Gao Xingjian receives the literature prize, becoming the first Chinese to win the award. (10/12)

Economics
James J. Heckman and Daniel L. McFadden win the economics prize for their work in the statistical analysis of individual and household behavior. (10/11)

Chemistry
Alan J. Heeger, Alan G. MacDiarmid and Hideki Shirakawa are honored for discovering that plastic can be made to conduct electricity. (10/10)

Physics
The 2000 Nobel Prize in Physics went to Zhores I. Alferov and Herbert Kroemer for their work on semiconductors and to Jack S. Kilby for developing the integrated circuit. (10/10)

Physiology or Medicine
Arvid Carlsson, Paul Greengard and Eric Kandel won the 2000 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for research on how messages are transmitted between brain cells. (10/9)