No one has ever been stripped of a Nobel Prize, because this is actually specifically forbidden by the organization which administers the Nobel Prizes. According to the Nobel Foundation, “no appeals may be made against the decision of a prize-awarding body with regard to the award of a prize,” and no prizes can be revoked after the fact, no matter how controversial they may seem. Despite the existence of several petitions pushing for retraction of controversial Nobel Prizes, it is unlikely that the organization will change its rules to make a revocation possible.
Read about some controversies and comments HERE
Some books about Nobel Peace Prize laureates
Resources about Nobel Science Prize laureates
Every year since 1901 the Nobel Prize has been awarded for achievements in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature and for peace. The Nobel Prize is an international award administered by the Nobel Foundation in Stockholm, Sweden.
Each prize consists of a medal, personal diploma, and a cash award.
Click this image to create your own list of Nobel laureates - on year, category, nationality....
Alfred Nobel was born in Stockholm on October 21, 1833. His father Immanuel Nobel was an engineer and inventor who built bridges and buildings in Stockholm. In connection with his construction work Immanuel Nobel also experimented with different techniques for blasting rocks.
Read more about Alfred Nobel's work and varied interests HERE
Excerpted from Britannica Encyclopedia page
Excerpted from Britannica Encyclopedia page
(This is from a Princeton University student's blog)
- First, decide that you want to do significant Nobel Prize -level work. It's okay to reach.
- It's not all about luck, since lots of great scientists (Einstein, Shannon) made many great contributions. They got many hits, so it doesn't seem like pure luck. "Luck favors the prepared mind."
- One of the characteristics you see, and many people have it including great scientists, is that usually when they were young they had independent thoughts and had the courage to pursue them. Einstein challenged ideas about the speed of light when he was 12.
- You need brains, but only a certain amount, and you probably have enough.
- You need courage to dare to think through some impossible thoughts and follow through. Perservere..
And that's not all! Read more at this webpage
What is the Nobel Prize awarded for? Why is it so important?
Your task : Pick one of the Nobel prizes this year and explain what is was won for.
The Ig Nobel Prizes honor achievements that first make people laugh, and then make them think. The prizes are intended to celebrate the unusual, honor the imaginative — and spur people's interest in science, medicine, and technology.
Why We Do It
Our goal is to make people laugh, then make them think. We also hope to spur people's curiosity, and to raise the question: How do you decide what's important and what's not, and what's real and what's not — in science and everywhere else?
Read HERE about the 2012 Ig Nobel prize winners!
The Niels Henrik Abel Memorial Fund was established on 1 January 2002, to award the Abel Prize for outstanding scientific work in the field of mathematics. The prize amount is 6 million NOK (about 750,000 Euro) and was awarded for the first time on 3 June 2003. See details at the Abel Prize webpages
Books by Nobel Literature Prize laureates
It's tough to measure up to your parents' expectations. Imagine how much harder it would be if your mother told you that your biological father -whom you'd never met - was a Nobel prize-winning genius? NOBEL GENES is the story of just such a boy. His life consists of a series of halves; his genes are half from a donor bank that featured Nobel winners.