Nobel Prizes

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1. Prizes given annually for achievement in physics, chemistry, literature, peace, economics, and medicine and physiology. The prizes were founded by a Swedish munitions maker, Alfred Nobel, and are considered a mark of worldwide leadership in the fields in which they are given. Nobel winners, called Nobel laureates, receive their prizes in ceremonies in Stockholm, Sweden, except for the peace prize, which is presented in Oslo, Norway.

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Nobel Prizes

The commission was an important part of the University of Chicago economics department and included a couple of members who went on to receive Nobel Prizes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

Linus Pauling was a chemist from the United States who won two Nobel Prizes.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026

"In the past few years three Nobel Prizes have gone to French physicists alone!"

From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2026

Its scientists have won 75 Nobel Prizes, including four this year alone.

From Salon ● Dec. 13, 2025

Seven of Ernest’s students and colleagues there would win Nobel Prizes in physics or chemistry after his death.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

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