The 2016 Nobel Prize in Physics goes to mathematicians working in Flatland

http://www.extremetech.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/20161004_HaldaneD_DJA_DJA_180_feature-768x424.jpg 768w, http://www.extremetech.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/20161004_HaldaneD_DJA_DJA_180_feature-640x354.jpg 640w, http://www.extremetech.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/20161004_HaldaneD_DJA_DJA_180_feature-106x59.jpg 106w, http://www.extremetech.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/20161004_HaldaneD_DJA_DJA_180_feature-672x371.jpg 672w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" />The prize was awarded for their deep work on esoteric quantum and condensed-matter phenomena, which the Nobel committee explained using baked goods.