What is the Nobel Prize? The Nobel Prize is a set of awards given each year to those who “conferred the greatest benefit to humankind,” founder Alfred Nobel said. Nobel was an inventor ...

T he Nobel prizes may be one of the most famous and prestigious awards in the world—but who was the man behind them? As I explain in my lectures about Alfred Nobel, the inventor and entrepreneur ...

The ceremonies take place on December 10, the day that Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel, the award’s founder and funder, died. His will created what are widely seen as the premier awards in science ...

The awards ceremony will take place on Tuesday, December 10, to commemorate the anniversary of the death of its founder, the Swedish businessman and researcher Alfred Nobel, which occurred in 1896.

In addition to physiology or medicine, Nobel Prizes are awarded in chemistry, economic sciences, literature, peace and physics. The awards were established in 1895 though the will of Alfred Nobel, a ...

Sponsor Message The prize carries a cash award of 11 million Swedish kronor ($1 million) from a bequest left by the prize's creator, Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel. The announcement launched this ...

The awards, which are also given for achievements ... The Nobel Prize was created by wealthy Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel, who in his will dictated that his estate should be used to fund "prizes ...

Businessman Alfred Nobel left his fortune to hand out monetary awards in only five categories when he died in 1896. The committee added a sixth category, for economics, starting in 1969 thanks to ...

which also includes the awards for physics, chemistry, medicine, and literature. A portrait of Swedish inventor and scholar Alfred Nobel can be seen on a banner on display at the Nobel Forum in ...

But life wasn't always so illustrious for Alfred Nobel. According to Ingrid Carlberg's biography of Nobel, he had a tough childhood in Stockholm. Not only was he poor, but the boy who would become ...