About Nobel Prize
Established by Alfred Nobel, Nobel prizes started in 1901 to encourage scientific experiments, promote emerging technologies, creative literature and world peace. They are given every year for worldwide achievements in Physiology or Medicine, Physics, Chemistry, Literature and for Peace. The Nobel prize is administered by Nobel Foundation, Sweden. In 1968, an additional prize for Economics was added in memory of Alfred Nobel.
Nobel Prize includes an award, Nobel diploma and a cash prize. The prize money is distributed from the interest generated from funds originally initiated by Alfred Nobel. For 2010, the prize money is stipulated at Swedish kronor (SEK) 10 million per full Nobel Prize equivalent to 1.5 mil USD.
Name | Field |
Robert G Edwards | Physiology or Medicine |
Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov | Physics |
Richard F. Heck, Ei-ichi Negishi and Akira Suzuki | Chemistry |
Mario Vargas Llosa | Literature |
Liu Xiaobo | Peace |
Peter A. Diamond, Dale T. Mortensen and Christopher A. Pissarides | Economics |
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