Which country is the highest recipient of Nobel Award?
the United States
Currently, the United States has won the highest number of Nobel Prizes with 375 as of May 2019. Two people, John Bardeen and Linus C. Pauling, have won two prizes each. The nation with the next highest number of Nobel Prizes is the United Kingdom with 130.
Why the Nobel Prize is given to the people?
Alfred Nobel had a vision of a better world. He believed that people are capable of helping to improve society through knowledge, science and humanism. This is why he created a prize that would reward the discoveries that have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind.
What is the Nobel Prize and why is it important?
The Nobel Prize is a series of annual awards given in the fields of physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, and peace. They are awarded to people “who have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind” in the previous 12 months.
Why did the Nobel Prize for peace come from Norway?
He might have chosen the peace prize because, due to the union, Norway did not have its own ministry of foreign affairs. The Swedish politicians were responsible for Norway’s foreign affairs as well. Possibly Nobel thought that it was especially important for the peace prize not to be mixed up with a country’s politics.
How many people can win the Nobel Prize at once?
Prize winners are called laureates, to signify the laurel wreath given to victors of contests in ancient Greece. More than one, but no more than three, people can win each prize. How do you choose a Nobel Prize winner? There have been some years when the prize has not been awarded – mostly during the two world wars.
Who has won the Nobel Prize for Literature?
Albert Einstein (physics 1921), Marie Curie (physics 1903 and chemistry 1911), and Harold Pinter (literature 2005) have also received Nobel Prizes. Two people – author and philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre in 1964 and Vietnamese politician Le Duc Tho in 1973 – rejected the prize, and four others were forced to decline by their countries.