The official website of the Nobel Prize - NobelPrize.org
On 27 November 1895, Alfred Nobel signed his last will in Paris, France. The Swedish dynamite millionaire, who thought that his invention would end all wars, had now realised that it was a very deadly product.

Nobel Prize - Wikipedia
Alfred Nobel (listen (help · info)) was born on 21 October 1833 in Stockholm, Sweden, into a family of engineers. He was a chemist, engineer, and inventor. In 1894, Nobel purchased the Bofors iron and steel mill, which he made into a major armaments manufacturer.Nobel also invented ballistite.This invention was a precursor to many smokeless military explosives, especially the British ...

Nobel Prize in Literature - Wikipedia
The Nobel Prize in Literature (Swedish: Nobelpriset i litteratur) is a Swedish literature prize that is awarded annually, since 1901, to an author from any country who has, in the words of the will of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel, produced "in the field of literature the most outstanding work in an ideal direction" (original Swedish: "den som inom litteraturen har producerat det mest ...

The Nobel Prize Internet Archive
The Nobel Prize Internet Archive is fully interactive. If you have an interesting and useful Internet link about a particular Nobel Laureate, you can add your link instantlyto that laureate's home page here at the Archive.We encourage you to add links as often as you like.

History & discoveries | University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley timeline of history, discoveries, architecture, student life, and faculty nobel prizes

Jewish Nobel Prize Winners
At least 203 Jews and people of half- or three-quarters-Jewish ancestry have been awarded the Nobel Prize, 1 accounting for 22% of all individual recipients worldwide between 1901 and 2018, and constituting 37% of all US recipients 2 during the same period. 3 In the scientific research fields of Chemistry, Economics, Physics, and Physiology/Medicine, the corresponding world and US percentages ...

Nobel Prize Winners and Famous Hungarians
Resources on Hungary, featuring 'Nobel Prize Winners & Famous Hungarians,' & 'Hungarian Olympic Triumph'

Kazuo Ishiguro Is Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature ...
As a young man, Kazuo Ishiguro wanted to be a singer and songwriter. He played at folk clubs and went through several stylistic evolutions — including a purple, poetic phase — before settling ...

Nobel Prize-winning author V.S. Naipaul is dead | News ...
LONDON (AP) — The family of Trinidad-born British author V.S. Naipaul says the Nobel Literature laureate has died. He was 85. A statement released by the family today said the novelist died at his London home.

The Doctor Who Drank Infectious Broth, Gave Himself an ...
The Doctor Who Drank Infectious Broth, Gave Himself an Ulcer, and Solved a Medical Mystery The medical elite thought they knew what caused ulcers and stomach cancer.