Nobel Prize

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Chinese author Gao Xingjian, 2008, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature 2000.

A Nobel Prize for Literature (Mostly) Quiz

American author Toni Morrison, 2009. (Nobel Prize for Literature 1993)

Nobel Laureates in Literature

Carl Bosch (Karl Bosch), German chemist, c1930s. In 1910 Bosch and Fritz Haber patented the Haber-Bosch process for the industrial production of ammonia. Bosch shared 1931 Nobel prize for chemistry with Friedrich Bergius. Obverse of commemorative medal

Nobel Prize

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Commemorative medal of Nobel Prize winner, Johannes Diderik Van Der Waals

7 Nobel Prize Scandals

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Alfred Nobel on a large reproduction of the obverse side of the Nobel Prize medal for Peace on the exterior of Nobel Peace Center opened in Oslo, Norway June 11, 2005 to learn about Nobel Peace Prize Laureates and the history of Alfred Bernhard Nobel.

How Do You Get a Nobel Prize?