Nobel Prizes

The Nobel Prize is awarded to those individuals or societies who have made a difference. They are awarded for contributions in chemistry, physics, literature, peace, and physiology or medicine. They Prizes were created in 1895 by Alfred Nobel. It was his will that the prizes should be awarded to those who help society. The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to the individual or society that has put a large amount of work into creating peace between nations. The Peace Prize has been awarded to 96 individuals and 20 organizations since 1901. In order to receive a Nobel Peace Prize, you must be nominated by the Norwegian Nobel Committee, a committee appointed for this purpose by the Norwegian Parliament.

There are a large variety of people who have won a Nobel Prize. Those who have won it this year include Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Carol W. Greider and Jack W. Szostak for discoveries in Physiology or Medicine. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Thomas A. Steitz and Ada E. Yonath won for discoveries in Chemestry. Charles K. Kao, Willard S. Boyle and George E. smith won for discoveries in Physics. Herta Muller won for her writings in Literature.