The names provided in the list actually correspond to the 2023 Nobel Prize winners, not 2021. Here is the correct mapping based on the 2023 laureates:
• i. Physics — 4. Ferenc Krausz: He won (alongside Pierre Agostini and Anne L’Huillier) for experimental methods that generate attosecond pulses of light to study electron dynamics in matter.
• ii. Chemistry — 2. Alexey Ekimov: He was awarded (alongside Moungi Bawendi and Louis Brus) for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots.
• iii. Literature — 3. Jon Fosse: The Norwegian author won for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable.
• iv. Physiology or Medicine — 1. Drew Weissman: He won (alongside Katalin Karikó) for discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19.
To clear up any confusion with the year mentioned, here were the actual 2021 winners:
• Physics: Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann, and Giorgio Parisi.
• Chemistry: Benjamin List and David MacMillan.
• Literature: Abdulrazak Gurnah.
• Physiology or Medicine: David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian.
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