The Noble Prize Unseen Passage
The Nobel Prize is the world’s most prestigious and important prize. It has been given since 1901.
This prize is given to persons with outstanding contributions to physics, chemistry, literature, medicine, peace and economics.
Economics was added to the list in 1969 for the first time. The Nobel Prize was instituted by a man who was the inventor of dynamite. This scientist was Alfred Bernard Nobel.
He was born in Stockholm, Sweden on October 21,1833 and he died in December 10, 1896. Though he was a citizen of Sweden, he was educated in Russia.
He earned a huge sum of money by selling dynamite. At the time of his death in 1896, Nobel left behind a huge sum of money.
He left a will indicating that the interest on his money should be given as prize to persons for their outstanding contributions to physics, chemistry, literature, medicine and peace.
This prize was named Nobel Prize. The first Nobel Prize was given to Rontgen on December 10, 1901 for inventing X-ray
