The Nobel Prize

THE NOBEL PRIZE

Alfred Bernhard Nobel died and left a will in which he arranged for the annual Nobel Prize.

If you are awarded the Nobel Prize you will get a medal, a diploma, and some cash. What kind of cash are we talking about?

Ten million Swedish krona. In 2007 that's roughly 1,451,000 USD, or 730,000 British Pounds, or 1,079,000 Euros.

There are six available Nobel Prize categories:

The Nobel Prize in Physics

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry

The Nobel Prize in Medicine

The Nobel Prize in Literature

The Nobel Peace Prize

The Nobel Prize in Economics

Any famous people?
Among many others, there were:

Physics 1901 - Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen
Physics 1918 - Max Planck
Physics 1921 - Albert Einstein
Physics 1922 - Niels Bohr

Literature 1925 - George Bernard Shaw
Literature 1950 - Bertrand Russell
Literature 1954 - Ernest Hemingway
Literature 1965 - Jean-Paul Sartre