The Nobel Prize was established in 1895 by the Swedish chemist and inventor of dynamite Alfred Bernhard Nobel, therefore its name. It was first awarded for Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Peace in 1901.
The prizes are awarded by different associations. The Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize in Chemistry and Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences are awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine by the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet and the Nobel Prize in Literature by the Swedish Academy. Unlike the other prizes, the Nobel Peace Prize is not awarded by a Swedish organization, but by the Norwegian Nobel Committee.
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He came up with the Noble peace prize after making a fortune making dynamite.
The Nobel prize for Economics was set up by the Bank of Sweden in 1968 in memory of Alfred Nobel. It was the President of the Bank of Sweden who instituted the new award.
The Nobel prize for Economics was set up by the Bank of Sweden in 1968 in memory of Alfred Nobel. It was the President of the Bank of Sweden who instituted the new award.
No, R K Pachauri did not win the Nobel Prize. He did win the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize as chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which shared the prize with Al Gore for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change.
It was announced on October 9, 2009 that President Barack Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize.
The Nobel prize Awards were established in 1895 by the swedist chemist Alfred Bernhard Nobel, the inventor of dynamite.They were first awarded in 1901 for achievements in physics, chemistry,Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Peace.
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Yes, Irena Sendler was a candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007 for her work in saving the lives of Jewish children during the Holocaust. However, she did not win the prize that year.
Harold C. Urey did not attend the Nobel Prize ceremony in Stockholm in 1934 due to personal reasons. Instead, the ambassador of Sweden accepted the prize on his behalf.
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Joseph H. Taylor Jr. won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1993, jointly with Russell A. Hulse. They were awarded the prize for the discovery of a new type of pulsar, a discovery that opened up new possibilities for the study of gravitational waves.
X-rays were discovered by Wilhelm Röntgen (also spelled Roentgen). You can look up information on him to check whether he actually got a Nobel Prize for this.