Nobel prizes are awarded every year and the winners of this prize are talked about throughout the world. Their life-sketch and works are published in the newspapers. Their names are heard on radio and television. After all what is a Nobel prize and why it is given so much importance?
Under this prize, the prize-winner gets a gold medal, a certificate and a large sum of money. The Nobel prize is the world's most important prize. This prize is given to persons with most outstanding contributions in six fields, namely- Physics, Chemistry, Literature, Physiology or Medicine, Peace and Economics. Economics was added in the list in 1969 for the first time. One prize is awarded in every field. If there are more than one recipients of the prize in one field, the prize money is equally distributed amongst all the winners.
Do you know how the Nobel prize was started? This is surprisingly true that this prize was instituted by a man who was the founder of the science of destruction. This scientist was Alfred Bernhard Nobel. The Nobel prize is given after his name. He was born in Stockholm on 21st October, 1833 and he died on 10th December 1896. His father was also a scientist. Though he was a citizen of Sweden, yet he was educated in Russia. He invented the explosive called dynamite. This material was widely used for breaking rocks, digging petrol wells and of course in wars. For his valuable discovery, Nobel became world famous. He earned huge sums of money on account of this material. At the time of his death, he left behind a fabulous sum of 9,20,000/- dollars. He left a Will indicating that the interest on this money should be distributed as prizes to persons for their outstanding works in Physics, Chemistry, Medical Science, Literature and Peace. This prize was named as Nobel prize. The first Nobel prize was given to Rontgen on 10th December 1901 for his outstanding research in X-rays. The prize money was 40,000/- dollars. Even though the prize money is not large, yet the winners of this prize are treated with great respect all over the world.
Nobel prizes are awarded by a council called 'Nobel Foundation of Sweden'. The Royal Academy of Sciences, Stockholm selects the best scientists of the year in the fields of Physics and Chemistry. The Caroline Institute of Stockholm selects the best man in the field of Medical Science, while the Swedish Academyof Literature does it for literature. Similarly a cojmmittee of five persons appointed by the Parliament of Norway selects the best persons for peace.
Till now many outstanding people of the world have already received the Nobel prize. Some of them are: Albert Einstein, George Bernard Shaw, Rabindra Nath Tagore, Sir C.V. Raman, hargobind Khorana, Mother Teresa etc.
The youngest man to receive this prize was Sir William Lawrence Bragg of England, who received the NObel prize for Physics at the age of 25 in 1915.
Nobelbecame so famous in the world that the 102nd element was named as Nobelium after him. There is an institution in Sweden which has also been named after him as Nobel Institute of Sweden.
Under this prize, the prize-winner gets a gold medal, a certificate and a large sum of money. The Nobel prize is the world's most important prize. This prize is given to persons with most outstanding contributions in six fields, namely- Physics, Chemistry, Literature, Physiology or Medicine, Peace and Economics. Economics was added in the list in 1969 for the first time. One prize is awarded in every field. If there are more than one recipients of the prize in one field, the prize money is equally distributed amongst all the winners.
Do you know how the Nobel prize was started? This is surprisingly true that this prize was instituted by a man who was the founder of the science of destruction. This scientist was Alfred Bernhard Nobel. The Nobel prize is given after his name. He was born in Stockholm on 21st October, 1833 and he died on 10th December 1896. His father was also a scientist. Though he was a citizen of Sweden, yet he was educated in Russia. He invented the explosive called dynamite. This material was widely used for breaking rocks, digging petrol wells and of course in wars. For his valuable discovery, Nobel became world famous. He earned huge sums of money on account of this material. At the time of his death, he left behind a fabulous sum of 9,20,000/- dollars. He left a Will indicating that the interest on this money should be distributed as prizes to persons for their outstanding works in Physics, Chemistry, Medical Science, Literature and Peace. This prize was named as Nobel prize. The first Nobel prize was given to Rontgen on 10th December 1901 for his outstanding research in X-rays. The prize money was 40,000/- dollars. Even though the prize money is not large, yet the winners of this prize are treated with great respect all over the world.
Nobel prizes are awarded by a council called 'Nobel Foundation of Sweden'. The Royal Academy of Sciences, Stockholm selects the best scientists of the year in the fields of Physics and Chemistry. The Caroline Institute of Stockholm selects the best man in the field of Medical Science, while the Swedish Academyof Literature does it for literature. Similarly a cojmmittee of five persons appointed by the Parliament of Norway selects the best persons for peace.
Till now many outstanding people of the world have already received the Nobel prize. Some of them are: Albert Einstein, George Bernard Shaw, Rabindra Nath Tagore, Sir C.V. Raman, hargobind Khorana, Mother Teresa etc.
The youngest man to receive this prize was Sir William Lawrence Bragg of England, who received the NObel prize for Physics at the age of 25 in 1915.
Nobelbecame so famous in the world that the 102nd element was named as Nobelium after him. There is an institution in Sweden which has also been named after him as Nobel Institute of Sweden.
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