Nobel Prize mainly includes: Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Peace Prize and Nobel Prize in Economics.
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Although Nobel Prize in Literature is suspected of western centralism, the Nobel Peace Prize is too involved in politics, and the establishment and award of the Nobel Prize in Economics (1969) are in constant doubt, on the whole, the Nobel Prize, as the most important symbol of European cultural soft power, still enjoys a certain status in the world today.
On the eve of the annual award season, countries are eagerly speculating and expecting who will win the prize, which is best illustrated by the extensive and enthusiastic attention caused by the grand award ceremony held in Stockholm in June and February of 5438 every year. The question is: how long can this situation last?
Alfred nobel, a Swedish chemist and entrepreneur, was born in 1833 and died in 1896. He was engaged in invention and chemical manufacturing all his life. 1895, 165438+ 10. In October, he made a will and donated more than 30/kloc-0,000,000 Swedish kronor (about 200 million US dollars) to set up a fund.
According to Nobel's will, the Swedish government established the Nobel Foundation in that year, which consists of five prizes: physics, chemistry, physiology/medicine, literature and peace, and is responsible for awarding the annual interest of the fund to "people who have made the greatest contribution to mankind in the past year".
From 190 1 when the Nobel Prize was awarded for the first time to 20 15, except for 19 18 and1940-1943 *.
The total assets of the Nobel Fund are 4 billion kronor, equivalent to about 500 million dollars. It still looks like a huge sum of money, but it can't compare with 120 years ago. In fact, the foundation is no longer a big money, and money is very tight.
This will inevitably affect the cash value of the Nobel Prize. At present, each Nobel Prize is only 8 million kronor, less than $6.5438 +0 million. With such a little money, in Manhattan, new york, you can only buy a medium-quality single apartment of about 40 square meters at most in a middle location. Ten or twenty years ago, the Nobel Prize was about $654.38 +0.2 million. At that time, the purchasing power of $654.38+$200,000 was significantly higher than today.
Lars Freek Heerkens Teng, head of the Nobel Foundation and former governor of the Swedish central bank, said, 190 1 When the Nobel Prize was awarded for the first time, the prize value was 25 times that of the most representative professors in European and American universities; Now this ratio is only about 10 times. Considering that most prizes can be divided into three parts and awarded to three winners at the same time, the cash attraction of the Nobel Prize is even more limited.
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