There are Nobel Prizes for different categories, though not every prize is awarded each year. In fact, one category has only ...

The quote is from the will of Swedish businessman - and inventor of dynamite - Alfred Nobel. He left most of his fortune in a fund to launch the awards, which were first presented in 1901.

In that provision, as in others, Alfred Nobel revealed himself as the idealist and the paradox which he was. The son of a Swedish armament maker, he had lived from his eighth to his eighteenth ...

Alfred Nobel Biography: Alfred Nobel was a Swedish chemist, engineer, and industrialist. He invented dynamite and other explosives. He is famous for the annual prizes in science, literature ...

The Nobel Prize honors global contributions in physics, chemistry, literature, peace, and more, with a prestigious medal.

So, in his will Alfred Nobel set aside the bulk of his considerable estate (+/- 94 percent) to the creation of the Nobel Prizes. It was an amount that would be equivalent today to nearly one billion ...

The academy will now announce the 2018 winner along with the 2019 winner next year The organisation that decides the Nobel Prize for ... assault allegations. The Swedish Academy has been in ...

With the awarding ceremony just one week away, Han Kang, the first Asian woman to win the Nobel Prize in literature, is about ...

John Nash at Novel Prize Ceremony. Alicia Nash. Alfred Nobel, the Swedish industrial giant and inventor, did not include economics when he put together his 1894 will and created prizes in physics ...

Established in 1895 by Alfred Nobel, the Swedish chemist, engineer, and inventor, the prize is awarded annually in six categories: physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature ...

The Nobel Prize comes with a medal and a prize sum of 10 million Swedish kronor (about US$1.1 ... the anniversary of the 1896 death of scientist Alfred Nobel who created the prizes in his last ...