THE NOBLE PRIZE

THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS PRIZE IN THE WORLD

SINCE 1901

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 ALFRED BERNHARD NOBEL
The Man Behind The Prize
•Instituted Nobel Prize in his
last will in 1895.
•Alfred Nobel is also called as
“The Father of the
Explosives”.

THE FOUNDER
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AWAR DIN G DI SCIP LIN ES AN D
INAWARDING
STIT UT IO NS
DISCIPLINES AWARDING INSTITUTIONS
PHYSICS
THE ROYAL SWEDISH
•CHEMISTRY ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

•MEDICINE OR PHYSIOLOGY KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE

•LITERATURE THE SWEDISH ACADEMY
•PEACE NORWEGIAN NOBEL COMMITTEE

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HO W AR E T HE N OBEL L AUR EAT ES
SELEC TED ?

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 AWARD CEREMONIES
•Nobel Prize award
ceremonies are held on 10
December in Stockholm,
Sweden.
•The Nobel Peace Prize is
given in Oslo, Norway.

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WHA T THE NOB EL LAURE ATES
RE CEI The
VENobel
? laureate receive three things;

  The Nobel Prize Diploma

  The Nobel Prize Medal

 The Nobel Prize Amount

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 THE N OBEL PRIZE DIPLO MA
•Every Nobel Prize Diploma is
a unique work of Swedish and
Norwegian artists and
calligraphers

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 THE NOBEL PRIZE
MEDA
•Every Nobel Prize Medal isLS
made from 18 carat green
gold plated with 24 carat
gold.
•Each medal weighs 200
grams and has a diameter of
66mm.
•The front side of medals (except
Nobel Peace Medal) features a
portrait of Alfred Nobel and the
years of his birth and death in
Latin
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 THE NOBEL PRIZE MEDALS OF
PHYSICS & CHEMISTRY

The medal of The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences represents Nature in the form of a goddess
resembling Isis, emerging from the clouds and holding in her arms a cornucopia. The veil which covers
her cold and austere face is held up by the Genius of Science.
The inscription on the edge reads "And they who bettered life on earth by their newly found mastery."
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HE NOBEL P RIZE M ED AL O F PHYSIOLO GY OR M ED ICI N

•The medal of the Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute represents

the Genius of Medicine holding an open book in her lap, collecting the
water pouring out from a rock in order to quench a sick girl's thirst.
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THE NO BE L PRIZE M ED AL O F LIT ER AT URE

The medal of the Swedish Academy represents a young man sitting

under a laurel tree who, enchanted, listens to and writes down the
song of the Muse.
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 THE NOBEL PRIZE MEDAL OF PEACE

The face of the medal of the Norwegian Nobel Committee shows Alfred Nobel in a pose
slightly different from that of the other medals.
The other side of the Nobel Peace Prize medal represents a group of three men forming a
fraternal bond. The inscription reads: "For the peace and brotherhood of men".

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 THE NOBEL PRIZE AMOUNT
•Nobel Prize amount keeps
changing from year to year
but for the last 8 years it is
10 million Swedish kronor
(almost 1.2 million US $)
for each prize.

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PRIDE OF PAKISTAN

NOBEL LAUREATE IN PHYSICS, 1979

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 FACTS AND FIG URES
• 809 Nobel laureates in total.
• 754 are men
• 35 are women
• 20 are organizations
• 6 laureates have been awarded more
than once.
•USA stands first with 309 laureates
•United Kingdom has got 113
•Germany ranks third with 102 laureates.
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CONTROVERSI ES AN D CR ITICI SM S
•Overlooked achievements

•Lack of a Nobel Prize in Mathematics

•Emphasis on discoveries over inventions

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THE END

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