SQL Exercises: Details of the prize won by Johannes Georg Bednorz
From the following table, write a SQL query to find the details of the Nobel Prize winner 'Johannes Georg Bednorz'. Return year, subject, winner, country, and category.
Sample table : nobel_win
YEAR SUBJECT WINNER COUNTRY CATEGORY ---- ------------------------- --------------------------------------------- ------------------------- ------------ 1970 Physics Hannes Alfven Sweden Scientist 1970 Physics Louis Neel France Scientist 1970 Chemistry Luis Federico Leloir France Scientist 1970 Physiology Ulf von Euler Sweden Scientist 1970 Physiology Bernard Katz Germany Scientist 1970 Literature Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Russia Linguist 1970 Economics Paul Samuelson USA Economist 1970 Physiology Julius Axelrod USA Scientist 1971 Physics Dennis Gabor Hungary Scientist 1971 Chemistry Gerhard Herzberg Germany Scientist 1971 Peace Willy Brandt Germany Chancellor 1971 Literature Pablo Neruda Chile Linguist 1971 Economics Simon Kuznets Russia Economist 1978 Peace Anwar al-Sadat Egypt President 1978 Peace Menachem Begin Israel Prime Minister 1987 Chemistry Donald J. Cram USA Scientist 1987 Chemistry Jean-Marie Lehn France Scientist 1987 Physiology Susumu Tonegawa Japan Scientist 1994 Economics Reinhard Selten Germany Economist 1994 Peace Yitzhak Rabin Israel Prime Minister 1987 Physics Johannes Georg Bednorz Germany Scientist 1987 Literature Joseph Brodsky Russia Linguist 1987 Economics Robert Solow USA Economist 1994 Literature Kenzaburo Oe Japan Linguist
Sample Solution :
-- This query selects all columns from the 'nobel_win' table.
SELECT *
-- Specifies the table from which to retrieve the data (in this case, 'nobel_win').
FROM nobel_win
-- Filters the rows to only include those where the 'winner' column has the value 'Johannes Georg Bednorz'.
WHERE winner = 'Johannes Georg Bednorz';
Output of the Query:
year subject winner country category 1987 Physics Johannes Georg Bednorz Germany Scientist
Code Explanation:
The above SQL query retrieves all columns from the 'nobel_win' table where the winner is 'Johannes Georg Bednorz'. The query will return all rows that match this criteria, resulting in a list of all Nobel Prizes awarded to Johannes Georg Bednorz.
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