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There are six Nobel Prize categories up for grabs. Alfred Nobel, an inventor, entrepreneur, scientist, businessman and writer, outlined the original five prizes in his will in 1895.
Alfred Nobel created the Nobel Prize using the fortune he had built in the explosives business. Although he was a declared pacifist, many of Nobel's inventions helped make war more devastating ...
Claim: No Nobel Prize is awarded for mathematics because a mathematician was carrying on an affair with Alfred Nobel's wife. Status: False. Origins: The renowned Nobel Prize is the legacy ...
In 1968, when Sweden's central bank was celebrating its 300th anniversary, it established the Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel with a donation to the Nobel Foundation. The ...
Prizes with more generous cash stipends exist—the Breakthrough Prize, created by Mark Zuckenberg and other tech billionaires, pays $3 million, compared with Nobel’s sum of about $1 million ...
The money for the Nobel Prizes comes from the estate of Alfred Nobel. The capital is invested in "safe securities" per his instructions, and the interest (return) is paid out as prizes.