| 词汇 | nobel prize |
| 词源 | Nobel Prize. “The day when two army corps will be able to destroy each other in one second,” Alfred Nobel predicted, “all civilized nations will recoil away from war in horror and disband their armies.” The Swedish inventor of dynamite proved to be wrong in his prophecy, which may have been a rationalization for his invention, but the $9 million he left in his will to set up the Nobel Prize Foundation has greatly aided the cause of peace. Nobel Prizes are awarded to persons, irre- spective of nationality, who have done outstanding work in the five fields Nobel considered most important to the benefit of mankind: physics, chemistry, medicine and physiology, lit- erature, and peace. The prizes, given in Stockholm and Oslo on December 10th of each year in which awards are made, consist of varying amounts of money, a diploma, and a gold medal. The first ceremony was held in 1901. See dynamite; feynman diagram. |
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