• Alfred Nobel’s will stated that the prizes should be awarded to “those who, during the preceding year, shall have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind.”
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  • Rudolph A. Marcus received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1992 “for his contributions to the theory of electron transfer reactions in chemical systems”.
  • Nobel further instructed that "no consideration be given to nationality, but that the prize be awarded to the worthiest person, whether or not they are Scandinavian."
  • To date, the following scientists from the Max Planck Society and its predecessor the Kaiser Wilhelm Society have been awarded the Nobel Prize.
  • Nobel Prize is accorded each year in six different categories-- Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, Economic Sciences and Peace.
  • • The prizes in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Peace were first awarded in 1901. First Recipient of Nobel Prizes in 1901 Alfred-Nobel
  • Nobel Prize is a prestigious prize awarded separately in six different fields “to those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to...
  • Nobel was a Swedish chemist, inventor, entrepreneur, businessman, poet and writer. He left a large share of his fortune to establish the Nobel Prize.
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