A Great man and a great prize

By Anchen
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  • Alfred Nobel

    Alfred Nobel
    on October 21, 1833 a world-famous scientist Alfred Nobel was born in ......
    Where was he born? In what country and what city?
    His father worked as an engineer and his mother was busy in her shop. Nobel was fluent in several languages, wrote poetry and drama.

  • His famous invention

    His famous invention
    Nobel became an engineer as his father wanted. In 1866 Alfred obtained patent for his invention. He invented ....
    What famous chemical thing did he invent?

  • The Will

    The Will
    Alfred Nobel signed his last will in ....
    Where did he sign it?
    When it was opened and read after his death the will became a great surprise both in his home country and internationally. He had left much of his weath for the establishment of the Nobel prizi. His family opposed it and the prize awarders refused to do what he wanted.

  • Last year

    Last year
    In 1896 the famous man died.
    "....The capital invested in safe securities by my executors shall constitute a fund, the interest on which shall be annually distributed in the form of prizes to those who during the preceding year shall have conferred the greatest benefit to mankind ...."
    What paper is this abstract taken from?

  • The first prize

    The first prize
    In .... years the first Nobel Prize was given for outstanding inventions.
    Since 1901 the Nobel Prize has been awarded for achievements in physics, chemisry, phyhology or medicine, literature and for peace.

  • One more prize

    In 1968 Sveriges Riksbank iestablished The Sveriges Riskbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, founder of the Nobel Prize. Each prize consists of a medal, personal diploma and ....
    What is the third element of the prize?

  • The 21 century Nobel Laureates from Russia

    The 21 century Nobel Laureates from Russia
    Alexei A. Abrikosov,Vitaly L. Ginzburg, Anthony J. Leggett
    Moscow, Russia
    Prize motivation: "for pioneering contributions to the theory of superconductors and superfluids"
    Field: Condensed matter physics, superfluidity, superconductivity
    What field was this prize given?

  • The 21 century Nobel Laureates from Russia

    The 21 century Nobel Laureates from Russia
    The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in ........ in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2007
    Leonid Hurwicz
    Place at the time of the award: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
    Prize motivation: "for having laid the foundations of mechanism design theory"
    Field: Microeconomics
    Waht about this prize? Waht field was it given in?

  • The 21 century Nobel Laureates from Russia

    The 21 century Nobel Laureates from Russia
    Andre Geim, Konstantin Novoselov
    Place at the time of the award: University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
    Prize motivation: "for groundbreaking experiments regarding the two-dimensional material graphene"
    What field was this prize awarded in?