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INVENTOR / NOBEL PRIZE
LAUREATES |
| "The whole of my
remaining realizable estate shall be dealt with in the following way:
the capital, invested in safe securities by my executors, shall
constitute a fund, the interest on which shall be annually distributed
in the form of prizes to those who, during the preceding year, shall
have conferred the greatest benefit on mankind." - Excerpt from the Will
of Alfred Nobel |
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INVENTOR |
NOBEL PRIZE AWARDED |
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Marie Curie |
1903 - Nobel Prize in Physics, "in
recognition of the extraordinary services they have rendered by
their joint researches on the radiation phenomena discovered by
Professor Henri Becquerel"
1911 - Nobel Prize in Chemistry, "in recognition of her services to
the advancement of chemistry by the discovery of the elements radium
and polonium, by the isolation of radium and the study of the nature
and compounds of this remarkable element" |
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Albert
Einstein |
1921 - The Nobel Prize in Physics,
"for his services to Theoretical Physics, and especially for his
discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect" |
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Enrico Fermi |
1938 - Nobel Prize in Physics, "for
his demonstrations of the existence of new radioactive elements
produced by neutron irradiation, and for his related discovery of
nuclear reactions brought about by slow neutrons" |
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Alexander Fleming |
1945 - Nobel Prize in Physiology or
Medicine, "for the discovery of penicillin
and its curative effect in various infectious diseases" |
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Jack S. Kilby |
2000 - Nobel Prize in Physics, "for
his part in the invention of the integrated circuit" Awarded ½
of the prize |
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Guglielmo Marconi |
1909 - Nobel Prize in Physics, "in
recognition of their contributions to the development of wireless
telegraphy" Awarded ½ of the prize |
TO LEARN MORE
RELATED INFORMATION:
Alfred Nobel Biography from The Great Idea Finder
ON THE
WEB:
The Nobel
Prize
The Prize Winners are announced in October every year. They receive
their awards (a prize amount, a gold medal and a diploma) on December
10, the anniversary of Nobel's death.
(URL: nobelprize.org/index.html)
NOBEL e-MUSEUM
The official web site of The Nobel Foundation
(URL:www.nobel.se)
All Nobel Laureates
You can view the list of all winners by Category, Year
Awarded. First Name and Last Name.
768 individuals and 19 organizations have been awarded the Nobel
Prize.
(URL: nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/lists/all/)
DID YOU
KNOW?
- Since the first award in 1901 a total
of 768 individuals and 19 organizations have been
awarded the Nobel Prize .
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