Also the American Linus Pauling won the Nobel Prize in different fields
Won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1954 for his work on chemical bonding Award, and the Nobel Peace Prize in 1962 for his actions against ground testing of nuclear bombs. Linus Carl Pauling became one of two people to win different Nobel prizes.
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The Nobel Prize is awarded to the famous Swedish chemist and inventor of nitroglycerin dynamite Alfred Bernhard Nobel. It was established in 1895 as a fund with part of Alfred Bernhard Nobel's legacy (31 million Swedish kronor). Around the world, the Nobel Prize is generally considered the most important award in its field.
The Nobel Prize was originally divided into five categories: Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Peace. It was first awarded in 1901. . In 1968, on the occasion of the 300th anniversary of its founding, the Swedish National Bank donated a large amount of funds to the Nobel Fund and added "The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel"; The prize was first awarded in 1969, and people are accustomed to calling this additional award the Nobel Prize in Economics. ?
The Nobel Prize is awarded to the people in the world who have made the most significant contributions to mankind in these six fields with the annual interest or investment income of the "Nobel Prize Foundation". As of 2017, *** Awarded to 892 individuals and 24 groups. The Nobel Prize includes a gold medal, certificate and cash prize.
On August 30, 2018, the Swedish Academy announced that it would stop awarding the Nobel Prize for Literature this year due to a scandal. In protest, Swedish cultural circles and others established a new literary prize that would be awarded only this year. Japanese writer Haruki Murakami became one of the four final candidates.
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