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The Nobel Prizes (/ n oʊ ˈ b ɛ l / noh-BEL; Swedish: Nobelpriset [nʊˈbɛ̂lːˌpriːsɛt]; Norwegian: Nobelprisen Norwegian: [nʊˈbɛ̀lːˌpriːsn̩] ⓘ) are five separate prizes awarded to those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind, as established by the 1895 will of Swedish chemist, engineer, and industrialist Alfred Nobel, in the year ...
List of Nobel laureates. Appearance. Nobel laureates receive a gold medal together with a diploma and (as of 2023) 11 million SEK (roughly US$1.0 million, €0.95 million). Nobel laureates of 2012 – Alvin E. Roth, Brian Kobilka, Robert J. Lefkowitz, David J. Wineland, and Serge Haroche – during the ceremony.
John Bannister Goodenough (/ ˈɡʊdɪnʌf / GUUD-in-uf; July 25, 1922 – June 25, 2023) was an American materials scientist, a solid-state physicist, and a Nobel laureate in chemistry. From 1986 he was a professor of Materials Science, Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, [3] at the University of Texas at Austin.
Rigoberta Menchú Tum (Spanish: [riɣoˈβeɾta menˈtʃu]; born January 9, 1959) [1] is a K'iche' Guatemalan human rights activist, feminist, [2] and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. Menchú has dedicated her life to publicizing the rights of Guatemala's Indigenous peoples during and after the Guatemalan Civil War (1960–1996), and to promoting ...
Seymour Jonathan Singer. Signature. Notes. The only person to win two unshared Nobel Prizes. Linus Carl Pauling FRS (/ ˈpɔːlɪŋ / PAW-ling; February 28, 1901 – August 19, 1994) [ 4 ] was an American chemist, biochemist, chemical engineer, peace activist, author, and educator. He published more than 1,200 papers and books, of which about ...
Alfred Nobel's will further specified that the prize be awarded by a committee of five people chosen by the Norwegian Parliament. [15] [16] Nobel died in 1896 and he did not leave an explanation for choosing peace as a prize category. As he was a trained chemical engineer, the categories for chemistry and physics were obvious choices. The ...
Alfred Bernhard Nobel (/ noʊˈbɛl / noh-BEL, Swedish: [ˈǎlfrɛd nʊˈbɛlː] ⓘ; 21 October 1833 – 10 December 1896) was a Swedish chemist, inventor, engineer and businessman. He is known for inventing dynamite as well as having bequeathed his fortune to establish the Nobel Prizes. [ 1 ] He also made several important contributions to ...
Levi-Montalcini was born on 22 April 1909 in Turin, [ 11 ] to Italian Jewish parents with roots dating back to the Roman Empire. [ 12 ][ 13 ][ 14 ] She and her twin sister Paola were the youngest of four children. [ 15 ] Her parents were Adele Montalcini, a painter, and Adamo Levi, an electrical engineer and mathematician, whose families had ...