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- Established in 1901
- 2007 Ceremony: October 8-15
- Winners known as "Nobel Laureates"
- Nobel is the inventor of dynamite
- Peace Prize ceremony held at Oslo City Hall
- Other ceremonies held at Stockholm Concert Hall
- Nomination records sealed for 50 years
- Mahatma Gandhi nominated five times, never won
- Literature prize honors lifetime body of work
- 34 female Nobel laureates out of 731 total prizes awarded (2006)
- Youngest Nobel Laureate: Lawrence Bragg, 25
- Oldest Nobel Laureate: Raymond Davis Jr., 88
- Posthumous nominations not permitted
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The Nobel Prizes were established by the last will and testament of Swedish chemist and inventor Alfred Nobel.
Each October, Nobel committees distribute awards in Chemistry, Medicine, Physics, Literature, Economics and, lastly, international diplomacy, the "Nobel Peace Prize."
The prize itself consists of a gold medal, a diploma, and a monetary grant of about $1.5 million.
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Nobel Prize Questions
who is the first to win nobel prize in literature? 1 AnswerSully Prudhomme, a French poet, was the first person to win the Nobel Prize in literature back in 1901. He would die just six years later. http://nobelprize.org... read more
which nobel prize winner motivated you the most? if the person won nobel for peace tell what you think of that person 2 AnswersThe recently deceased Norman Borlaug won the prize for peace. Even though he wan an agricultural engineer. He made forms of corn and wheat that could grow anywh... read more
How does one become eligible for the award?be popular with Nobel Prize winners or the academy... Members of the Academy and former laureates are allowed to nominate... and from http://www.nobelprize.org ... read more
what invention won Albert Einstein the Nobel prize? 5 AnswersHe won the prize for the discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect. read more
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Does Linus Torvalds deserve a Nobel Peace Prize for Linux? - iTWire http://bit.ly/6tNqtX #linux #opensource
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nothing better than watching a genius drop his nobel prize. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQNPpeVvZ9w&NR=1#t=1m51s
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