The Nobel and the modern world
An editorial selection for comparing processes, events, and lives. The interval and counts describe selected records, not the historical boundaries or importance of the subject.
- Canonical records
- 638
- Events
- 638
- People
- 0
- Processes and periods
- 0
Topics represented
Nobel Prizes (638) · Physics (119) · Literature (118) · Chemistry (117) · Physiology or Medicine (116) · Peace (106) · Economic Sciences (58) · Nobel institutions (5)
View distribution by region and period
| Region | Before 3000 BCE | 3000–1 BCE | 1–1499 | 1500–1799 | 1800–1899 | 1900–1999 | Since 2000 |
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| Africa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Americas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Asia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Europe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 481 | 156 |
| Oceania | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Global / no specific region | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Records and sources
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1979
Nobel Prize in Peace 1979The 1979 award linked this prize to Mother Teresa. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.
1979
Nobel Prize in Physics 1979The 1979 award linked this prize to Sheldon Glashow, Abdus Salam and Steven Weinberg. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.
1980
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1980The 1980 award linked this prize to Frederick Sanger, Paul Berg and Walter Gilbert. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.
1980
Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1980The 1980 award linked this prize to Lawrence R. Klein. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.
1980
Nobel Prize in Literature 1980The 1980 award linked this prize to Czesław Miłosz. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.
1980
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1980The 1980 award linked this prize to Baruj Benacerraf, Jean Dausset and George D. Snell. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.
1980
Nobel Prize in Peace 1980The 1980 award linked this prize to Adolfo Pérez Esquivel. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.
1980
Nobel Prize in Physics 1980The 1980 award linked this prize to James Cronin and Val Fitch. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.
1981
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1981The 1981 award linked this prize to Kenichi Fukui and Roald Hoffmann. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.
1981
Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1981The 1981 award linked this prize to James Tobin. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.
1981
Nobel Prize in Literature 1981The 1981 award linked this prize to Elias Canetti. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.
1981
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1981The 1981 award linked this prize to Roger W. Sperry, David H. Hubel and Torsten N. Wiesel. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.
1981
Nobel Prize in Peace 1981The 1981 award linked this prize to Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.
1981
Nobel Prize in Physics 1981The 1981 award linked this prize to Nicolaas Bloembergen, Arthur L. Schawlow and Kai M. Siegbahn. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.
1982
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1982The 1982 award linked this prize to Aaron Klug. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.
1982
Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1982The 1982 award linked this prize to George J. Stigler. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.
1982
Nobel Prize in Literature 1982The 1982 award linked this prize to Gabriel García Márquez. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.
1982
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1982The 1982 award linked this prize to Sune K. Bergström, Bengt I. Samuelsson and John R. Vane. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.
1982
Nobel Prize in Peace 1982The 1982 award linked this prize to Alva Myrdal and Alfonso García Robles. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.
1982
Nobel Prize in Physics 1982The 1982 award linked this prize to Kenneth G. Wilson. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.
1983
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1983The 1983 award linked this prize to Henry Taube. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.
1983
Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1983The 1983 award linked this prize to Gerard Debreu. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.
1983
Nobel Prize in Literature 1983The 1983 award linked this prize to William Golding. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.
1983
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1983The 1983 award linked this prize to Barbara McClintock. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.
1983
Nobel Prize in Peace 1983The 1983 award linked this prize to Lech Wałęsa. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.
1983
Nobel Prize in Physics 1983The 1983 award linked this prize to Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar and William A. Fowler. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.
1984
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1984The 1984 award linked this prize to Bruce Merrifield. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.
1984
Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1984The 1984 award linked this prize to Richard Stone. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.
1984
Nobel Prize in Literature 1984The 1984 award linked this prize to Jaroslav Seifert. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.
1984
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1984The 1984 award linked this prize to Niels K. Jerne, Georges J.F. Köhler and César Milstein. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.