Have you ever noticed? Most well-known books are famous worldwide due to winning Nobel prizes. When we see a book that has won a Nobel prize, we say, “I need to read it.” even if we have no idea of what the Nobel is!?
Nobel is an international prize held every year to find the masterpieces in physics, literature, chemistry, medicine, economics, and promotion of peace, named from Sir Alfred Nobel‘s will of 1895, the most famous Swedish person in the world (1).
Every year, thousands of candidates worldwide participate in this foundation ceremony, and in the end, each category has a winner. Why is it important and why does everyone like to win this prize?
Importance of NobelÂ
As the prize for winners is special, it is considered a significant prize. This is not the only reason. The winner receives about 1m$ as well as a Nobel diploma representing the importance of the winner’s attempts and a Nobel medal.
- Winning Nobel brings high authority to the winners’ works.
- Nobel measures the significant hard work of individuals in different fields (2).
- It can have a global impact on the winner’s attempts and help people worldwide by introducing the masterpieces (3).
- It makes the researchers have more passion for making their efforts.
- Candidates try their best to follow humankind’s research (4).
- It represents the equity of races and gender in case of winning; only efforts matter.
The Nobel Prize still needs development. Because there are no prizes in such fields as mathematics, history, biology, etc. (5)
Winners of Nobel Prize 2021-2020
In 2021 the following winners of Nobel were announced (4):
- David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian – The Nobel for MedicineÂ
- Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann, and Giorgio Parisi – The Nobel Prize for the PhysicsÂ
- Benjamin List and David MacMillan – The Nobel for ChemistryÂ
- Abdulrazak Gurnah – The Nobel Prize for LiteratureÂ
- Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov – The Nobel for PeaceÂ
- David Card, Joshua Angrist, and Guido Imbens – The Nobel for Economic Sciences
The 2020 Nobel Prize winners include (6):
- Andrea Ghez, Reinhard Genzel, and Roger Penrose – The Nobel for the PhysicsÂ
- Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna – The Nobel for the ChemistryÂ
- Harvey J. Alter, Michael Houghton, and Charles M. Rice – The Nobel for Physiology or MedicineÂ
- Louise Glück – The Nobel for LiteratureÂ
- World Food Programme (WFP) – The Nobel for PeaceÂ
- Paul R. Milgrom and Robert B. Wilson – The Nobel for Economic SciencesÂ
It is worth mentioning that if a category doesn’t have a final winner, the prize will be kept being offered in next year’s ceremony.
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