Nobel Committee
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A Nobel Committee is a working body responsible for most of the work involved in selecting Nobel Prize laureates. There are six awarding committees from four institutions, one for each Nobel Prize.
Two of the Nobel Committees, those for physics and chemistry, as well as the Prize Committee for economics, are located at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
The Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine is located at the Karolinska Institute.
The Nobel Committee for Literature is located at the Swedish Academy.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee, appointed by the Storting, has its own supporting body in the form of the Norwegian Nobel Institute.
Nobel Prize in Physics
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The Nobel Prize in Physics is an annual award given by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for those who have made the most outstanding contributions to mankind in the field of physics. It is one of
Alfred Nobel (1833–1896), who established the Nobel Prizes.
Three Nobel Laureates in Physics taken at the California Institute of Technology. Front row L-R: Albert A. Michelson (1907 laureate), Albert Einstein (1921 laureate), and Robert A. Millikan (1923 laureate).
Abdus Salam – 1979 laureate
1903 Nobel Prize diploma, awarded to Marie Curie and Pierre Curie