2014 Nobel Prize Award Ceremony in Stockholm. Copyright © Nobel Media AB 2014. Photo: Alexander Mahmoud.
2015 Nobel Prize Award Ceremonies
The
new Nobel Laureates take center stage on 10 December in Stockholm and
Oslo, where two women, eight men and one organization will receive their
Nobel Prizes, and enjoy the Nobel Banquets afterwards. Nobelprize.org
provides live streams from the Nobel Lectures and the award ceremonies,
as well as photos and interviews with the Laureates. The activities
start on 6 December - also on Facebook and Twitter. In the meantime, watch a short film about the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm
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"There Was Certain Tension in the Air"
The
first Nobel Prize Award Ceremony was held in 1901. The names of the
Nobel Laureates had been kept secret and were revealed only on the same
day. Experience the very first ceremony through this eyewitness report. From the First Nobel Prize Award Ceremony, 1901
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The first Nobel Prize Award Ceremony at the Musical Academy in Stockholm.
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Pierre-Gilles de Gennes.
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"I Suspect That With the Chimes of Midnight I Will Be Turned Into a Pumpkin"
90
years later, in 1991, Physics Laureate Pierre-Gilles de Gennes shared
his experiences of the Nobel Week in his Nobel Banquet speech. Read the speech
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What Do the Laureates Receive?
According
to the Statutes of the Nobel Foundation, given by the Swedish King in
Council on 29 June 1900, the prize awarders shall present to each Nobel
Laureate "an assignment for the amount of the prize, a diploma, and a
gold medal bearing the image of the testator and an appropriate
inscription." See how the Nobel Medals are manufactured
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The Nobel Medal. © ® The Nobel Foundation.
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The Future of Intelligence
What
is human intelligence and how is it affected by modern technology? Will
artificial intelligence change the world? This year's Nobel Week
Dialogue offers a day of stimulating discussions at the highest level
together with Nobel Laureates, the world's leading scientists and
experts, key opinion leaders and policy makers. Watch the live stream on
9 December. More information about the conference
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Monthly Quiz
She Depicts Post-Soviet Individuals
In
her works, this year's Nobel Laureate in Literature, Svetlana
Alexievich, maps the post-Soviet individuals. What are her books based
on? Click to submit your answer.
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