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)
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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 |
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1912
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1912The 1912 award linked this prize to Alexis Carrel. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.
1912
Nobel Prize in Peace 1912The 1912 award linked this prize to Elihu Root. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.
1912
Nobel Prize in Physics 1912The 1912 award linked this prize to Gustaf Dalén. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.
1913
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1913The 1913 award linked this prize to Alfred Werner. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.
1913
Nobel Prize in Literature 1913The 1913 award linked this prize to Rabindranath Tagore. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.
1913
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1913The 1913 award linked this prize to Charles Richet. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.
1913
Nobel Prize in Peace 1913The 1913 award linked this prize to Henri La Fontaine. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.
1913
Nobel Prize in Physics 1913The 1913 award linked this prize to Heike Kamerlingh Onnes. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.
1914
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1914The 1914 award linked this prize to Theodore W. Richards. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.
1914
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1914The 1914 award linked this prize to Robert Bárány. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.
1914
Nobel Prize in Physics 1914The 1914 award linked this prize to Max von Laue. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.
1915
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1915The 1915 award linked this prize to Richard Willstätter. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.
1915
Nobel Prize in Literature 1915The 1915 award linked this prize to Romain Rolland. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.
1915
Nobel Prize in Physics 1915The 1915 award linked this prize to William Bragg and Lawrence Bragg. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.
1916
Nobel Prize in Literature 1916The 1916 award linked this prize to Verner von Heidenstam. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.
1917
Nobel Prize in Literature 1917The 1917 award linked this prize to Karl Gjellerup and Henrik Pontoppidan. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.
1917
Nobel Prize in Peace 1917The 1917 award linked this prize to International Committee of the Red Cross. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.
1917
Nobel Prize in Physics 1917The 1917 award linked this prize to Charles Glover Barkla. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.
1918
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1918The 1918 award linked this prize to Fritz Haber. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.
1918
Nobel Prize in Physics 1918The 1918 award linked this prize to Max Planck. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.
1919
Nobel Prize in Literature 1919The 1919 award linked this prize to Carl Spitteler. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.
1919
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1919The 1919 award linked this prize to Jules Bordet. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.
1919
Nobel Prize in Peace 1919The 1919 award linked this prize to Woodrow Wilson. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.
1919
Nobel Prize in Physics 1919The 1919 award linked this prize to Johannes Stark. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.
1920
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1920The 1920 award linked this prize to Walther Nernst. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.
1920
Nobel Prize in Literature 1920The 1920 award linked this prize to Knut Hamsun. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.
1920
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1920The 1920 award linked this prize to August Krogh. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.
1920
Nobel Prize in Peace 1920The 1920 award linked this prize to Léon Bourgeois. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.
1920
Nobel Prize in Physics 1920The 1920 award linked this prize to Charles Edouard Guillaume. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.
1921
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1921The 1921 award linked this prize to Frederick Soddy. This event records institutional recognition; it does not date the discovery, work, or action being recognized.