Part of a list of nominations for Martin Luther King Jr. from the archives of the Norwegian Nobel Committee.
Coming Soon: 2016 Nobel Prizes
The selection of Nobel Laureates
In
less than a month, the Nobel Laureates of 2016 will be known to us.
Beginning on 3 October, scientists, authors and promoters of peace will
be announced and get the world's attention. The candidates for the Nobel
Prizes are nominated by thousands of members of academies, university
professors, scientists, previous Nobel Laureates and members of
parliamentary assemblies and others. After a long selection process, the
four Nobel Prize awarding institutions finally make their choice.
Read about the nomination process for a Nobel Peace Prize
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Who nominated whom?
The
nomination of Nobel Laureates started in 1901, the year the first Nobel
Prizes were awarded. The names of the nominees and other information
about the nominations cannot be revealed until 50 years later, so every
year, new information is released and added to the open archives. In
this visualization you can search for a nominee or a nominator, and see
how the nominations were made across countries.
Explore the nomination map
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Visualization of Albert Einstein's nominations.
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Richard Ernst.
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"The captain came to me"
On
the day of each Nobel Prize announcement, a member of the Nobel
committee calls the new Laureates to inform them that they have been
awarded the prize. These calls can come at unexpected times and reach
the Laureates in unexpected places. Richard Ernst was on a flight from
Moscow to New York when he learned that he had been awarded the Nobel
Prize in Chemistry.
Watch Richard Ernst tell his story
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"I've just been in a shock for the last hour"
Medicine
Laureate Linda Buck woke up to the early morning call from Stockholm.
She was interviewed immediately after she had received the message, and
managed to both relate what the prize meant to her and give advice to
young students.
Listen to Linda Buck
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Linda Buck.
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Muhammad Yunus.
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"Immediately the whole country was electrified"
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"What award?"
Peter Higgs made himself unavailable on the day of the announcement of the 2013 Physics Prize.
Watch Peter Higgs
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Peter Higgs.
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Monthly Quiz
Nominated but not awarded
Which
prominent public figure was nominated several times but never awarded a
Nobel Prize? Make a guess and click to submit your answer!
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Monthly Quiz も 面白いですね。人の評価とは何か?
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