Here are some things to know about the Nobel Prizes:AN IDEA MORE POWERFUL THAN DYNAMITEPolitical Cartoons View All 1190 ImagesThe Nobel Prizes were created by Alfred Nobel, a 19th-century businessman and chemist from Sweden.
Though Nobel purists stress that the economics prize is technically not a Nobel Prize, it’s always presented together with the others.
The Nobel Prizes project an aura of being above the political fray, focused solely on the benefit of humanity.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee is an independent body that insists its only mission is to carry out the will of Alfred Nobel.
To date, 60 women have won Nobel Prizes, including 25 in the scientific categories.
Persons:
Alfred Nobel, Dynamite, ”, it’s, Nobel, Barack Obama, Liu Xiaobo, Albert Einstein, Mother Teresa, Jean, Paul Sartre, Le Duc Tho, Henry Kissinger, Ales Bialiatski, that’s
Organizations:
STOCKHOLM, Karolinska Institute, Nobel Foundation, U.S, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Locations:
Scandinavia, Stockholm, Oslo, Swedish, Sweden, NORWAY, Norway, Norwegian, Beijing, China, Ukraine, Russia, Europe, North America