We have such a huge respect for the people who win Nobel Prizes.
But do you know about it? Do you know when was this award given first?
Do you know that this award is named after a man who was known for inventing dynamite: Alfred Nobel.
About Alfred Nobel
Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) was born on 21 October 1833 in Stockholm, Sweden.
He is known for inventing dynamite.
Nobel registered 355 patents in his name, but his most famous invention is dynamite.
Alfred Nobel died on December 10, 1896, at the age of 63.
Who chooses the Nobel Prize winner?
The Nobel Prize is given in a total of six areas.
Alfred Nobel, in his will, had mentioned that there would be particular institutions that will choose qualified candidates for the Nobel Prize.
As the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences selects the Nobel Prize Winner in Physics and Chemistry, while Karolinska Institute; Selects the winner in the field of medical, the Swedish Academy selects the Nobel Prize winner in the literature and a committee of five persons is formed by the Norwegian Parliament, which selects the Nobel Peace Prize winner.
The Nobel Prize for economics was started in 1968 but the responsibility of selecting Nobel in this field is with the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
About the Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prize started in the year, 1901.
The prizes were given to 150,782 Swedish Kronar Prize recipients for the first Nobel Prize winners, while in 2017, the winners were awarded with 9,000,000 Swedish Kronar prize money.
Nobel prize money changes every year as the prize money depends on the investment return of deposited funds in the Noble Fund.
Know the interesting facts about the Nobel Prize
1. In the period 1901 to 2018, 590 Nobel Prizes have been given to 935 people.
2. Despite being nominated for five times, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi has never received Nobel Prize.
3. Malala Yusufzai won the youngest Nobel Prize in 2014, which was awarded only in the 17 year, at the age of 17 years.
4. American scientist Leonid Hurghis is the oldest Nobel laureate, he received the award in the field of economics at the age of 90 in 2007.
5. When Alfred Nobel donated his property, his property was 31 million Swedish kronar, at present 1,702 Swedish Kronar is deposited in the Nobel Fund.
6. For the year 2018, 9.0 million Swedish Kronor has been awarded to the Nobel Prize winner (full prize).
7. John Bardin is the only Nobel Laureate who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics twice in 1956 and 1972.
8. Between 1901 and 2018, 112 Nobel Prizes were given to 210 people for physics.
9. Mary Curie is the only female who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903 and for Chemistry in 1911.
10. Between 1901 and 2018, a total of 50 women, who have been awarded the Nobel Prize.
