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The Nobel Prize medals in physics and chemistry
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The medal of The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences represents Nature in the form of a goddess resembling Isis, emerging from the clouds and holding in her arms a cornucopia. The veil which covers her cold and austere face is held up by the Genius of Science. The inscription on the medal reads: Inventas vitam…
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The Nobel Prize medal in physiology or medicine
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The medal of the Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute represents the Genius of Medicine holding an open book in her lap, collecting the water pouring out from a rock in order to quench a sick girl’s thirst. The inscription reads: Inventas vitam iuvat excoluisse per artes The words on the medal mean literally: It…
moreThe medal for economic sciences
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The medal for economic sciences shows the North Star emblem of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, dating from 1815, with the words “Kungliga Vetenskaps Akademien” (The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences) around the edge. The upper half of the face of the medal depicts Alfred Nobel, but in a pose different from the one…
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Peace Prize Laureate for the Third Time
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The International Committee of the Red Cross was declared the winner of the Peace Prize both in 1917 and in 1944. The main reason was its efforts during the two World Wars. In 1963, it was 100 years since the Peace Prize Laureate in 1901, Henri Dunant, founded the Red Cross. On the occasion of…
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