The beginning of his life as a Nobel laureate in chemistry had to wait until morning. He was still in his pajamas when the first journalist got him on the phone. He scolded her for asking whether he ...
While Nobel Prize announcements have always been newsworthy celebrations of discovery, recent years’ events have been successful in a much more important task: fostering important global discussions ...
and the Nobel Prizes are awarded on December 10. The award money is still paid out of the interest and revenue from the inventor of dynamite’s inheritance. Each winner gets eight million Swedish ...
Nobel decided that the peace prize should be awarded in Norway and the other prizes in Sweden. Nobel historians suspect Sweden’s history of militarism may have been a factor. During Nobel’s ...
Based on their professional assessments, PRIO Directors have made it a tradition to offer their personal lists for the Peace Prize. The Norwegian Nobel Committee bases its decision on valid ...
Alfred Nobel, famously known as the 'dynamite king,' seemed an unlikely figure to establish a peace prize. His family had a history tied to war; his father, Immanuel, built armaments and mines for ...
Earlier this month, Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, and James Robinson were awarded the Nobel prize in economics for ... The United States Institute for Peace has estimated that cyber-slavery ...