The document is a PowerPoint presentation about the 2016 Nobel Prizes. It provides information about each of the Nobel Prizes (Physics, Chemistry, Literature, Peace, Physiology or Medicine, and Economic Sciences). It discusses the prizes' founder, Alfred Nobel, and notes that he wanted to be remembered for his love of literature rather than for inventing dynamite. It then lists the 2016 winners in each category, recognizing their achievements in fields like autophagy, contract theory, ending Colombia's civil war, American song traditions, molecular machines, and topological phases of matter.
4. Physics
Chemistry
Literature
Peace
Physiology or Medicine
Economic Sciences
By Presented Swedish Academy
5. Alfred Bernhard Nobel
Alfred Bernhard Nobel
born on 21 october 1833 in
Stockholm,Sweden.
He was
a swedish chemist,
engineer, innovator.
Nobel held 350 different
patents, dynamite being
the most famous .
6. AtonementAtonement
Nobel did not want toNobel did not want to
be known as a man whobe known as a man who
had developed the mosthad developed the most
destructive weapon thatdestructive weapon that
the world had ever seenthe world had ever seen
but rather as a man whobut rather as a man who
loved literature andloved literature and
poetry and the creationpoetry and the creation
of these prizes wasof these prizes was
ultimately his life’sultimately his life’s
dream.dream.
7. Alfred Nobel's will stated that 94% of his totalAlfred Nobel's will stated that 94% of his total
assets should be used to establish the Nobelassets should be used to establish the Nobel
Prizes.Prizes.
8. The Nobel Prize isThe Nobel Prize is
an internationalan international
award administeredaward administered
by the Nobelby the Nobel
Foundation inFoundation in
Sweden.Sweden.
Peace prize isPeace prize is
award in Osloaward in Oslo
The other inThe other in
StockgolmStockgolm
9. Every year sinceEvery year since
1901 the Nobel Prize1901 the Nobel Prize
has been awarded forhas been awarded for
achievements inachievements in
physics, chemistry,physics, chemistry,
physiology orphysiology or
medicine, literaturemedicine, literature
and for peaceand for peace exceptexcept
mathematics .mathematics .
10. 2016 Nobel Prize Winners2016 Nobel Prize Winners
Medicine orMedicine or
physiologyphysiology
For discovering ofFor discovering of
mechanisms formechanisms for
Autophagy.Autophagy.
Yoshinori Ohsumi
11. 2016 Nobel Prize Winners2016 Nobel Prize Winners
Economic SciencesEconomic Sciences
For theirFor their
contributions tocontributions to
contract theory.contract theory.Oliver
Hart
Bengt R. Holmström
12. 2016 Nobel Prize Winners2016 Nobel Prize Winners
PeacePeace
For his resoluteFor his resolute
long efforts tolong efforts to
bring the country'sbring the country's
more than 50 yearmore than 50 year
long civil war to anlong civil war to an
end.end.Juan Manuel Santos
13. 2016 Nobel Prize Winners2016 Nobel Prize Winners
LiteratureLiterature
For creating newFor creating new
poetic expressionspoetic expressions
within the greatwithin the great
American songAmerican song
tradition.tradition.
Bob Dylan
14. 2016 Nobel Prize Winners2016 Nobel Prize Winners
ChemistryChemistry
For the design &For the design &
synthesis ofsynthesis of
molecularmolecular
machines.machines.
Fraser Stoddart
Ben Feringa
Jean-Pierre Sauvage
15. 2016 Nobel Prize Winners2016 Nobel Prize Winners
PhysicsPhysics
For theoreticalFor theoretical
discoveries ofdiscoveries of
topological phasetopological phase
transitions &transitions &
topological phasestopological phases
matter.matter.
J. Michael Kosterlitz
Duncan Haldane
David J. Thouless
