Nobel Prize

Peace was the fifth and final prize area that Alfred Nobel mentioned in his will. Below, articles on the subject are presented.   History of the Nobel Peace Prize The Nobel Peace Prize, 1901-2000 BY GEIR LUNDESTAD Controversies and criticisms BY ØYVIND TØNNESSON The Nobel Peace Prize: From peace negotiations to human rights BY FRANCIS…

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Physiology or medicine was the third prize area Alfred Nobel mentioned in his will. Below, articles on the subject are presented. History of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1901-2000 BY JAN LINDSTEN AND NILS RINGERTZ August Krogh and the Nobel Prize to Banting and Macleod BY…

In 1968, Sveriges Riksbank (Sweden’s central bank) established the Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, founder of the Nobel Prize. Below, articles on the subject are presented.   History of the Prize in Economic Sciences The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1969-2007 By Assar Lindbeck Laureates…

Chemistry was the second prize area that Alfred Nobel mentioned in his will. Below, articles on the subject are presented. History of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry The Nobel Prize in Chemistry: The development of modern chemistry BY BO G. MALMSTRÖM OCH BERTIL ANDERSSON   Nobel Laureates in Chemistry share their thoughts The role of…

by Øyvind Tønnesson,Nobelprize.org Peace Editor, 1998-2000 Mohandas Gandhi (1869-1948) has become the strongest symbol of non-violence in the 20th century. It is widely held – in retrospect – that the Indian national leader should have been the very man to be selected for the Nobel Peace Prize. He was nominated several times, but was never…

The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded by the Norwegian Nobel Committee, a committee of five, appointed by the Storting (the Norwegian parliament). Year Members/Substitutes Year of birth/death Political background 1901-1906 b. 1848 d. 1922 Liberal b. 1842 d. 1913 Liberal b.1832 d. 1910 Liberal b. 1827 d. 1906 Liberal b. 1848 d. 1931 Liberal Remarks:…

by John N. Bahcall The three years 2001 to 2003 were the golden years of solar neutrino research. In this period, scientists solved a mystery with which they had been struggling for four decades. The solution turned out to be important for both physics and for astronomy. In this article, I tell the story of…

English By The Pasteur Institute was a product of Louis Pasteur’s victory over rabies; for vaccination against rabies represented just that for the entire world. The great man of science is first and foremost one who is able to identify the right problems at the right time, when there is a possibility of finding a…

by Abraham Pais The year 1917 marked the turbulent birth of a new era. In March the Czar of all Russians abdicated, in October the communist revolution broke out. Germany and Russia signed an armistice at Brest-Litovsk. The first United States division arrived in France and the battle of Passchendaele raged. The Balfour declaration on…