The Nobel Prizes have been presented to the Laureates at ceremonies on December 10 each year. This day was chosen since it is the birthday of Alfred Nobel (1833-1896), the inventor of dynamite and the man who pays the piper through the Nobel Foundation. There are five prizes from the Nobel Foundation: Chemistry, Physics, Medicine, Physiology, Literature and the Peace Prize.
In 1968, Sveriges Riksbank, The Swedish National Treasury established a prize for ecomomic science, dedicating it to the memory of Alfred Nobel. The prize is as prestigious as the Nobel Prize and is presented at the ceremony together with the others. The first Nobel Prizes were presented in 1901.
Despite the male dominance among the winners, the prize for literature has frequently been given to women and in the field of science Marie Curie has received the Nobel Prize twice. The first time was together with her husband.
2002 Prize Winners
Physics: Raymond Davis Jr. �?Masatoshi Koshiba �?Ricc ardo Giacconi
Chemistry: John B. Fenn �?Koichi Tanaka �?Kurt Wüthrich
Physiology or Medicine: Sydney Brenner �?H. Robert Horvitz �?John E. Sulston
Literature: Imre Kertész
Peace; Jimmy Carter
Econmic Scienses: Daniel Kahneman �?Vernon L. Smith
The prize of Peace has always been questioned. It is a delicate task to nominate winners. Personally I think it is on the edge of provocation.
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