| Emne beskrivelse: | The year 2001 marks the centenary of the Nobel Prize. 100 Years with Nobel Laureates is a collection of Britannica articles by 100 Nobel laureates, a happy coincidence. It celebrates this
most prestigious of international awards and testifies to the continuing commitment of Encyclopedia Britannica to the highest standards of scholarship and learning around the world.Encyclopaedia Britannica is justly proud of its Nobel Prize contributors. They have added immeasurably to the world?s knowledge and to Britannica?s reputation as one of the world?s
most authoritative reference sources. 100 Years with Nobel Laureates contains one or more articles by each laureate who has been an Encyclopedia Britannica contributor. It also includes biographies, as well as lists, by award type, of all Nobel Prize winners (including the 100 Britannica contributors) since the beginning of the awards in 1901.
THE BACKGROUND
Alfred Nobel was a Swedish chemist, engineer, and industrialist who invented dynamite and other more powerful explosives. He had amassed great wealth in his lifetime. After his death in 1895, his will, which he had drawn up in Paris on Nov. 27, 1895, and had deposited in a bank in Stockholm, was opened, it was found to contain a great surprise for his family, friends, and the general public. During his lifetime, he had always been generous in humanitarian and and scientifice philanthropies, and after his death, he had left the buld of his fortune to establish a trust, which went on to become the most highly regarded of international awards, the Nobel Prize. In 1900 a private institution named Nobel Foundation was set up. The first of prizes was awarded in 1901. The year 2001 marks the centenary of this very important and highly prestigious event.
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