The Nobel Prize consists of: a gold medal, a calligraphy diploma and 11 million Swedish crowns (approx. 1 million euros). The most famous laurel in the world is awarded according to the founder's will, Alfred Nobel, to people whose achievements have most served humanity.
The Nobel Prize Museum has already been set up in the Stockholm Museum, on which the verdict of the Nobel Committees will be broadcast live for the next days. The presence of experts and members of the boremas responsible for choosing the winners was announced. Groups of pupils, students and tourists from around the world are expected.
For those who will not be able to be there, there is a broadcast on the Nobel Foundation's website.
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Nobel week begins. We will meet this year's winners
On Monday, October 6, the Nobel Congregation of the Karolinska Institute will announce the Nobel laureate with medicine. On Tuesday 7 October physicsand then on Wednesday, October 8 – z chemistry.
The Literary Nobel Prize will be awarded on Thursday, October 9. Then the secretary of the Swedish Academy in the Stock Exchange Hall in the Old Town in Stockholm will announce the name of the victorious writer, poet or playwright. In recent years, the prize has been alternately awarded a man or woman. If this informal principle continues, this year you can expect a Nobel Prize winner. The ceremonial provides for informing the collected journalists about the laureate and giving a short poetic justification (sometimes in several languages). The last point of the program is a short press conference with the participation of members of the Nobel Committee.
On Friday (October 10), the world's attention will move to Oslo, where at the headquarters of the Norwegian Nobel Prize Institute, the chairman of the committee will inform about the selection of the Nobel Peace Prize winner. It is only known that it will be a person or organization indicated from among 338 candidates that entitled persons entitled this year, including Members of national parliaments.
The last, sixth field in which the Nobel Prize is awarded is economic sciences. In this discipline, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences will be announced on Monday, October 13. The economic Nobel Prize was not mentioned in the founder's will, which is why the distinction awarded since 1969 is formally called the Sweden Bank award. Alfred Nobel and is the only one to be financed from the Funds of the Swedish Central Bank. Awards in other categories are funded from interest and return on the investment of the Nobel Foundation, which multiplies the property of Nobel.
Nominations and documents regarding the selection of winners remain secret for 50 years. According to the traditions, the secretaries of individual Nobel Committees are trying to inform the interested parties about the award granted by phone just before the verdict announcement. For various reasons, it can be difficult, e.g. when the place where the laureate is in, is in a different time zone and the night lasts there.
Under the ceiling of the Nobel Prize Museum in Stockholm, over the heads of visitors, portraits of all existing Nobel Prize winners in random order are moving like on the carousels. There are 1012 of them; To see a photo of your choice twice, you would have to wait six hours. Soon, photos of this year's winners will be attached to them – it will be at least six, and probably a dozen or so people. Two or three scientists are usually divided by the awards in exact sciences. Despite the large number of winners, the Nobel Prize does not lose its value, and the contributions cannot be overestimated – you can find out at the exhibition dedicated to Nobel Prize winners
