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Discover the History Making Achievements of Nobel Laureates Past and Present
Each year, Nobel Prizes in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, Peace and Economics are awarded to“those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind.”
In 2024, twelve laureates were awarded this distinctive prize. Their work and discoveries range from an explanation of why certain countries are rik and others are poor, and how those institutions can change, to the creation of methods that helped lay the foundation for today’s powerful AI machine learning. During Nobel Week, månad 6-12th, celebrations and events take place in huvudstaden, Sweden and Oslo, Norway as well as digitally. Each year’s laureates give lectures describing the history and background of their discoveries, literature, or globally impactful work, and the annual Nobel Prize Concert is held to honor them all. An award ceremony on December 10th takes p
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Scientist of the Day - Alfred Nobel
Alfred Bernhard Nobel, a Swedish chemist and industrialist, was born Oct. 21, 1833, in Stockholm, Sweden. His father was a sometimes-successful inventor and manufacturer of munitions, and during his successful period, the family moved to St. Petersburg, where the father sold arms to the Russian army and where Alfred was educated, acquiring his lifelong interests in not only chemistry, but literature and the arts. When his father's business faltered, some of the family, including Alfred, moved back to Stockholm, where they set up a munitions factory.
An older Alfred Nobel, photograph, by Gösta Florman undated (wired.com)
By the time he was 20, Nobel had become interested in making a usable mining explosive, something better than black powder. Nitroglycerin, a very powerful explosive, had been invented by Ascanio Sobrero in Turin in 1847, but it proved to be a very volatile and unstable compound, so dangerous that its inventor dis
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Alfred Nobel, a Swedish chemist and engineer of 355 inventions, most notably dynamite, founded the Nobel Prizes to recognize dedicated professionals who improve the world's communities through science, humanity and literature.
In his will, Nobel established that his fortune be used to award people whose contributions to their field benefitted mankind. He identified the fields as physics, chemistry, peace, physiology or medicine, and literature.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee awards the international honors annually based on the guidelines formed more than 115 years ago. Recipients of the Nobel Prizes receive a gold medal, money from the Nobel Foundations fund and prestige.
Three American presidents, while they were in office, received the Nobel Peace Prize for maintaining and promoting peace among nations. They are Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson and Barack Obama. Former president Jimmy Carter received his in 2002.
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