Nobel Prize Winners Vocabulary preparation The following words
Nobel Prize Winners
Vocabulary preparation The following words will be very important for this part. Try to remember them: fortune; dynamite(炸药); antibiotics (抗生素) award; select; laureate literature; chemistry; committee; prime minister; prominent; medal; diploma banquet; ceremony
Nobel Prize Quiz l How much do you know about the Nobel Prize and its founder, Alfred Nobel? l Test out your knowledge in this Nobel Prize Quiz!
1. From what invention did Alfred Nobel make his fortune? Dynamite l X-rays l Antibiotics l Alfred Nobel invented dynamite
2. When was the first Nobel Prize awarded? l 1895 l 1901 l 1969 The first Nobel Prize was awarded in 1901.
3. Who selects the Nobel Laureates each year? l The Nobel Foundation l The Nobel Prize Awarding Institutions l The King of Sweden The Nobel Laureates are selected by the Nobel Prize Awarding Institutions.
4. Why are the Nobel Prize Award Ceremonies on 10 December each year? l It was Alfred Nobel’s birthday l It was that day he got his patent for dynamite l It was the day that Alfred Nobel died The Nobel Prize Award Ceremonies are traditionally held on 10 December, because it is the anniversary of Alfred Nobel’s death.
5. All the Nobel Prizes are awarded in Stockholm except. . . l The Nobel Peace Prize, which is awarded in Oslo, Norway l The Nobel Prize in Literature, which is awarded in Helsinki, Finland l The Nobel Prize in Chemistry, which is awarded in Copenhagen, Denmark Alfred Nobel's will states that the Nobel Peace Prize should be awarded in Oslo, Norway.
6. Which family is the most successful when it comes to number of awarded Nobel Prizes? l The Braggs l The Curies l The Einsteins It's the Curies. Marie and Pierre Curie were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903. Marie was also awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1911, and their daughter, Irène Joliot-Curie, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1935.
7. One organization has been awarded a Nobel Prize three times. Which one? l Doctors without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières) l Amnesty International l International Committee of the Red Cross The International Committee of the Red Cross has been awarded a Nobel Peace Prize three times.
8. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill was awarded a Nobel Prize in 1953. In what prize category? l Literature l Peace l Physics Winston Churchill was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953.
9. Till the year 2012, how many of the 839 Nobel Laureates are women? l 44 l 68 l 100 Till the year 2012, 44 women have been awarded the Nobel Prize.
10. Which prominent public figure was never awarded a Nobel Peace Prize? l Mahatma Gandhi l Nelson Mandela l Martin Luther King Mahatma Gandhi was never awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
Nobel and Nobel Prize Alfred Bernhard Nobel (21 October 1833 – 10 December 1896) was a Swedish chemist, engineer, innovator, armaments manufacturer and the inventor of dynamite. He owned Bofors, a major armaments manufacturer, which he had redirected from its previous role as an iron and steel mill. In his last will, he used his enormous fortune to institute the Nobel Prizes.
Chemistry Physics Literature Why is there no Nobel Prize in Mathematics? Economics Peace Physiology & medicine
l One of the most common and unfounded reasons as to why Nobel decided against a Nobel prize in math is that a woman he proposed to rejected him because of a famous mathematician. There is no historical evidence to support the story. l There are more credible reasons as to why there is no Nobel prize in math. Chiefly among them is simply the fact he didn't care much for mathematics,
and that it was not considered a practical science from which humanity could benefit (a chief purpose for creating the Nobel Foundation). Further, at the time there existed already a well known Scandinavian prize for mathematicians. If Nobel knew about this prize he may have felt less compelled to add a competing prize for mathematicians in his will.
The Nobel Prizes In addition to a cash award, each prizewinner also receives: a gold medal a diploma bearing the winner's name and field of achievement. Prizewinners are known as: Nobel laureates.
THE NOBEL PRIZE AWARDERS Physics and Chemistry : The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Physiology or Medicine: Karolinska Institute Literature: the Swedish Academy Peace: a Committee of five persons to be elected by the Norwegian Parliament Economics: In 1968, the Sveriges Riksbank established the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Memory of Alfred Nobel.
The front side of four medals (Physics, Chemistry, THE MEDALS Physiology or Medicine, and Literature) is the same. 1. a portrait of Alfred Nobel 2. 2. the years of his birth and death in Latin. Front Side Alfred Nobel's face on the Peace medal and on the medal 1. for the Economics Prize has different designs.
THE MEDALS The medal represents the Genius of Medicine holding an open book in her lap, collecting the water pouring out from a rock in order to quench a sick girl's thirst. The Medals for Medicine
THE MEDALS The Medals for Literature The medal of the Swedish Academy represents a young man sitting under a laurel tree who, enchanted, listens to and writes down the song of the Muse.
THE MEDALS The Front shows Alfred Nobel in a pose slightly different from that of the other medals The Back represents a group of three men forming a fraternal bond.
AWARD CEREMONY Time: December 10, the anniversary of Nobel's death Place: in Stockholm, Sweden The king of Sweden presents the awards in physics, , chemistry, , physiology or medicine, , literature, and economic sciences.
The Nobel Prize Award Ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden
The Nobel Banquet The banquet that follows the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony is held at the Blue Hall of the Stockholm City Hall. Here, 1, 300 guests in their formal best dine amidst a splendid setting. From the flower arrangements to the food, wine, dessert and divertissement - everything is minutely planned to make the Nobel Banquet a memorable experience.
The Prize Award Ceremony Watching the video of ceremony
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