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ALFRED NOBEL (1833 – 1896)
Born in
Stockholm,
Sweden
Starts
experiments
with
nitroglycerin
Youngest
brother
killed by
nitroglycerin
Formulates
dynamite
mixture
Dies in San
Remo, Italy
Writes his
will
including
the Nobel
prizes
1833
1862
1864
1867
1895
1896
AWARDS
Beginning in 1901 , prizes have been given every year to
outstanding contributions to knowledge in the fields of
• Physics
• Chemistry
• Physiology / Medicine
• Literature
• Peace
• Economics (1966 >)
SELECTION PROCESS
• Committees for each of the 6 prizes send out invitations to
members of academies, senior university staff, prominent
scientists asking them to submit names of potential prize
winners in the different fields
• on the same day that the final vote is taken, the prize
winner(s) is announced
THE PRIZE
Each recipient, or laureate, receives a
• gold medal
• diploma
• a sum of money worth US $1.2 million @2012
KIWI NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS
Ernest Rutherford
1871-1937
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1908
‘Disintegration of the elements and
the chemistry of radioactive
substances ‘
Alan MacDiarmid
1927-2007
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2000
‘Discovery and development of
conductive polymers’