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Nobel prizes
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Prizes for the encouragement of men and women who work for
the interests of humanity, established by the will of A. B.
Nobel (1833-96), the Swedish inventor of dynamite, who left
his entire estate for this purpose. They are awarded yearly
for what is regarded as the most important work during the
year in physics, chemistry, medicine or physiology,
idealistic literature, and service in the interest of peace.
The prizes, averaging $40,000 each, were first awarded in
1901.
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