Science or Scientists in the Spotlight? A Wandering Scientist Asks
Every October the Nobel prizes are announced in medicine, physics, chemistry, literature, peace and economics. These prizes are subsequently awarded in ceremonies that take place on December 10, the birthday anniversary of Alfred Nobel, after whom the prizes are named. Having amassed a substantial fortune from his many investments and inventions, most famous of which was dynamite, Nobel stipulated in his will that the vast majority of his fortune would be used to give prizes