About the Nobel prize
Nobel Prize was established will of Swedish chemist and inventor of dynamite, Alfred Nobel. On November 27th, 1895 in the Swedish - Norwegian club in Paris, he announced his idea to form a fund from which awards will be given out to most deserving individuals. Nobel was flabbergasted and shocked by the way the world was using his invention – dynamite, and that is the reason why he decided to establish an award that will be given out to those individuals merits whose have conferred the greatest benefit on mankind. Nobel Prize is the most prestigious award that a human being can receive.
Nobel prize web page: http://nobelprize.org/